‘442 — Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [November, 1906. 
In the Bodleian library collection there is a 
coin of Shir Shah’s No. 556 that also gives a 
There is another solution that, it is hoped, may meet the case 
and receive the assent of numismatists, and that is that the final 
word is intended for wigs (dayyan). 
In No. 13 of Dr. Heernle’s paper, there are shown two distinct 
++ under thes of the final word, and to the 
left of the date 41: oe ata ee are 
unfortunately wanting this specime 
eing off the edge. The iAable hitherto 
usually read 4 might be read 4 and the two 
dots pointed out in No. 13 would lend support 
to this reading of them 
In Richardson’s Dictionary, Arabic, Persian and English, whe 
(d ayyan) is given as: “a weigher of good and evil, hence an 
“epithet of God—computing, settling shay with another, @ 
“ judge—an umpire—an administrator—religious.” In his Arabic- 
French dictionary by A. de Biberstein Karivairski, w'ts is given as 
retribue sans faute le bien on i mal; de la Retributeur, 
Dien 2 Judge, 3 administratem gérant.”’ 
It is suggested therefore that the pone was intended to 
read VL Exot aa: the protector of religion, the Judge : or the 
ruler. This pect sense wind is in consonance ah the desire of 
these Sultans to have their justice recognised as they assume on 
others of their coins the title Jale)1—vide Thomas’ Nos. 343, 356 for 
Shir Shah; Nos. 359, 361 for Islam Shah and Muhammad ‘Adil 
Shah: the nephew of Shir Shah and successor of Islim Shah took 
‘Adil as part of his sovereignty title. 
That Shir Shih was arbi strong on the question of 
justice is shown by the fo lowing extract from Brigg’s arn 
:. the Ferishta. In Vol. II in the chapter on “Sheer Shah Soo 
00, in describing the departure of Fureed to take charge of ‘in 
Father’ s jageer that Fureed said: “That the stability of every 
1 Lane, in his dictionary, gives wd (dayyin) asa requiter who neglects 
not any deed, but requites it, with good and with evil: a subduer—a judge— 
governor—a manager, conductor or an orderer of affairs of 
another. 
