Vol. V, No. 9.] Note on Seven Sixteenth Century Cannon. 369 
(N.S.] 
Kishoreganj Sub-Division of Mymensingh) which ‘Isa Khan 
captured from the Kochs about the year 1585 and where his 
descendants still reside, is not far west of Taraf.! Se 
Just beyond the words Tarap Raja, but upside down, are 
found the figures zw, or, in other words, 2 maunds 16 seers. 
Neither this weight, however, nor the one near the backsight, 
to offer any very satisfactory explanation for the discrepancies 
between the present weights of these guns and those recorded on 
dupois (i.e. 28 of Akbar’s maund of 55:5 lbs.), a fair approxima- 
It even seems possible that ‘Ist Kh&n enlisted the aid of the mi fi 
peras against the Imperialists under Sh&hbaz Khan (vide account 0 
8 rf Cai , : 
called ‘‘Issah-Khan.’? The Raja Amar Manikya, in whose reign om 
occurred, had previously (c. 1580) waged war against nag ee th aa 
ne ery, brought his son captive in a cage to Udayapur, the 
apital of Tippera. : 
An snealyals of the metal of which this cannon 18 Seal ot: Brot. 
made at my request by Babu Phani Bhiishan Mukerji, @ pup’ © 
Watson of the Dacca College, with the following (t6GF 
Ca po one BE Ley 
Zn and Fe * ay ees by 44 
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