124 © Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [March, 1912. 
Indian Coins—‘ Muhammadan States ’—published in 1885, 
The coin is illustrated, and is similar to my specimen. The 
date 718 a.H. appears in full, and it is remarked that Mahmud 
Shah would appear to have been a pretender of Dehli contem- 
porary with Qutbu-d-din Mubarak Shah, though his name is 
apparently not mentioned by the historians. 
he coin was published by Mr. Rodgers in a paper ‘ On a 
Coin of Shams-ud-Dunya-wa-ud-Din Mahmiid Shah,’ which 
appeared in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society for 1882. 
e remarks on the similarity of type of the coin to issues 
of ‘Alau-d-din Muhammad, Shihabu d-din ‘Umr, and of Qutbu 
d-din Mubarak. It was found, presumably by himself, in a 
heap containing several of Balban, Ghiyasu-d-din Tughlaq, 
Muhammad Tughlag, ‘Alau-d-din Muhammad, and one 
Nasiru-d-din Khusra. As this Mahmid Shah is not mentioned 
in history, the author then goes on to speculate as to the pro- 
bable circumstances attending the issue of this coin. 
Qutbu-d-din Mubarak Shah reigned from 716 to 720 a.H. 
In the second year of his reign the Sultan got an army together 
and led it in person to the relief of Deogir in the Dakhan, 
which was being besieged by one Harpal Deo. He left 
Ghulam Bacha Shahin in Dehli as his deputy, and gave him 
the title of Wafa Beg. Mubarak Shah was successful in: the 
expedition, which must have occupied several months. On 
the way back Asadu-d-din, cousin of his father ‘Alau-d-din 
_Thus there is evidence of a considerable conspiracy at the 
capital, and the assumption of royal honours by its figurehead 
during the absence of the soverei 
LAHORE: 
R. B. Wurreneap. 
January, 1912. 
103. A Corn or ‘AzimMu-sH-SHAN. 
Coin No. 903 in the British Museum Cat 
alogue of th 
coins of the Mughal Emperors, is a silver piece of the sia 
rupee size exhibiting the following inscriptions :— 
