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[iV.^.] 



has described and figured two copper coins (among ofchers) No. 1 

 and No. 2 in his interesting article on *' Rare Mutrhal Coins," 

 published in Journal A S. Bengal, Part I, Vol. LXV., 1896, from 

 Burhanabad Mint, as coins of j\k-har nf fho itpqv 1001 



What 



A.H. Mr. 



Is it 



,Uf toUj ? 



1> 



The style and lettering of these coins very closely resemble 

 those of the three Daulatabad Barhan Nizam's coins, and 

 ussurainLT Burhannhnd to have been founded by one of tbe two 

 Burhan Jfizams, could it not be possible that tliey may have 

 been issued by Burhan IT, a contemporary with Akbar the great 

 ^n A.H. 1001 instead of by Akbar himself. 



In order to have a close comparison of Burbanabad coins vritli 

 the Daulatabad coins (Nos. 3, 4 & 5) the following coin No. 6 

 from my cabinet, will, I think, prove usefal, as it is a complete 



•coin : — ■ 



No. 6. WeigJit, 220 grains. 



Szze, -85'. 

 Date, both in words and in figures, 1001. 



^ ■ 



. Obverse, cXil c;!^^ 



h^vi*«0 



Meverse, kS^I j 



9 



Framjee Jama.sjee 



49. The BahmanI Kings. 



Dr. Codrington has given a valuable summary of wliat is 

 tnown regiirdiug the numismatic history of the Bahmani 

 dynasty in an article published in the Numismatic Chronicle for 

 1898 (p. 259). A more recent study by Major Haig, entitled 

 Some Notes on the Bahmani Dynasty, which appeared in our 

 Journal for 1904 (extra number, p. 1.) is chit-fly concerned with 

 the genealogy of the line. A few additions can be made to 

 Dr. Codrington'.s list, and some conclusions of ^[ajor Haig's 

 ■confirmed, from a find of coins which was recently discovered 

 in a village called Bedidhana, in the Betul District, Central 



Provinces. 



The coins, which are all of copper, and numbers 869, may 

 lie roughly classified as follows .—Firoz Shah {22), Ahmad 

 Shah I. (29 , Ahmad Shah III (363), Hnmayiin Shah (36), 

 Kizam Shah (26),' Muhammad Shall (375-, and Ma^mfid Shah 

 (13). The remaining five were illegible. Almost all the coins' 

 were in excellent condition, neither worn nor corroded. A 

 complete description has been recorded in ilS. as Report 



