42 N. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIX, 
Dr. Taylor offered two alternative explanations, on the 
supposition that 963 is a mistake for 923. The first hypothesis 
is that the coin was struck by Muzafiar IL of Gujarat. In 923 
he was helping to restore Mahmad IIT of Malwa to his throne, 
and he actually captured Manda in 924 A.H. and the date is 
given by the hemistich | wlelec goigd! ee xs Yad fath al Mandi 
Sultan na. But he at once restored the sovereignty of Malwa 
to Malmud although he might easily have kept it for himself; 
and moreover Muzaffar I] of Gujarat was bin Mahmid and not 
bin Muhammad. 
Another guess is this. From 916 A.H. until 921 AH: 
Sahib Khan, brother of Mahmiad IT of Malwa, assumed the title 
of Sultan Muhammad (White King, Num. Chron., 1903). It is 
possible that in the year 923, a son of Sahib Khan called himself 
Sultan Muzaffar and struck coin in Mandi, perhaps even while 
T. B. Horwoon. 
236. An UNPUBLISHED CopPpER Coin oF JAHANGIR OF 
Usain. 
I possess two coins of Jahangir apparently hitherto unpub- 
lished. They may be of two different types. Both are 
rectangular in shape. 
Veights : each about 100 grains. 
; 55 x +5 C6 os 
Size: B 52 ; ‘56 inch. 
Lege nad Z Obverse, Reverse. 
Pr 
ed 
dds yr 
Provenance, Ujjain, in a batch with other copper coins 
of Ujjain of Akbar and Shah Jahan. 
T. B. Horwoop. 
237. Own Some MAzava Cons. 
The coins described in this paper are commonly known 
as the Malava coins. They were, like all other similar coins 
hitherto collected, found at Nagar in the Jaipar State and 
were given to me by Mr. Nelson Wright. 
