120 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [NS., XVII, 
Muhammad and Ghiasu-d-din Tughlaq. It is probable that 
the gold coins of Qutbu-d-din Mubarak struck at Qutbabad in 
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commemorating the recapture and rebuilding of the fortress 
by that monarch. Deogir was a mint of Muhammad bin 
Tughlaq and_ his gold dinars give the place the title of 
Spe Sym ssl odawy} 35, 
The place was also named Daulatabid by Muhammad bin 
Tughlaq, who undertook the disastrous experiment of trans- 
ferring his capital thither from Dehli in 740. The change was 
of Daulatabad employed on the posthumous gold and silver 
coins of Ghiagu-d-din Tughlaq struck in 725 and 726, as in the 
find Daulatibad, this name making infrequent reappearances 
thereafter. 
received abundant attention from the Sultans of Dehli, but 
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Dhar, the pass of Dhar, sometimes misspelt Dahar on these 
coins. The place was occupied by the Suris, but no mint 
appears to have been established there. _ 
Fakhrabad. 
This is the suggested reading of a mint which appears on 
a solitary copper coin of Ghiagu-d-din Balban, published by 
Mr. Whitehead, The position of the place is not known, and 
it must be included among the questions which still await 
elucidation with regard to the mint-towns of this Sultan. 
Pathabad. 
This name first tppears as a mint on the coins of Jalalu- 
d-din Muhammad, Sultan of Bengal from 817-835 
oins 
it continued to issue Tupees throughout his reign. No later 
rupees are known and it would seem that the mint was closed 
by Islam Shah. 
lace is now known as Faridpir and gives its name 
to a district in Bengal. 
Gaur. 
A mysterious Tupee of Shamsu-d-din Altamsh bears a 
mint which resembles 3 and this has been read as ba-Gaur. 
A gold coin published by Thomas has the words dxSt Syd and a 
