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and above the & of the upper whl the ornament figured 
as No. 23 inthe same plate. 
The words following x'4 in the third line of the obverse 
are a difficulty. None of the coins give then very distinctly. 
After much consideration I am inclined to think they may be a 
blundered cash! . 
These coins of Bahadur Shah and Qadir Shah are of 
special interest as filling up a gap in the history of the coinage 
of the Malwa dynasty. 
H. Netson WRIGHT. 
64, Tue QurB-Snanis or HAIDARABAD OR GOLCONDA. 
A large find of 3,800 copper coins dug up in the Wun 
District, Berar, contained a considerable number of coins which 
may be assigned to ‘Abdullah Qutb Shah. For the complete 
reading I am indebted to Major W. Haig, I.A., who writes: ‘‘I 
have been looking into the question of the Haidaribad coins of 
1068 H. (A.D. 1657-58). The obverse, as you say, is clear :— 
siblStyts 
Spar er 
In that year ‘Abdullah Qutb Shah (1626-72) was king of 
Golconda, but his name does not appear on the reverse. where 
Aurangzeb’s eldest son, Sultan Muhammad, whom he made hi 
heir. He foresaw the speedy downfall of his kingdom, which 
came to an end with his successor, Abu’! Hasan, and predicted 
it on his coins in a legend which was also, I believe, used after 
him by his son-in-law Abi’] Hasan, viz :— 
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I have coins with the legend arranged as follows : — 
