Vol. VII, No. 11.] Numismatic Supplement No. XX. 535 
[N.S.] 
Dr. Taylor’s specimen is identical with that in the Luck- 
now Museum, but the bottom line of the reverse side is sagt 
Instead there is an additional t top line containing the w 
o+= alone, with the usual transverse stroke below it. "The 
obverse contains the Kalima in a square frame, with the date 
t-4a in the left-hand bottom corner. The right-hand and 
bottom marginal inscriptions are a Joe and whic pil respec- 
tively. The other margins are c 
On the cepott of Shah Jahan’ s serious illness, Shah Shuja‘ 
out that Shah Jahan was already dead; so it is only reason- 
able to suppose that he had himself proclaimed king, his name 
inserted in the Friday prayers, and coin struck at the principal 
place or places of his governorship, before starting on his perilous 
expedition to Dehli. He chose the route past the city of Agra 
(Akbarabad), but it is certain that he never reached this place 
because Agra was occupied in force by Shah Jahan himself, 
and it was from Agra that the army of Sulaiman Shikoh, eldest 
son of prince Dara, advanced against Shah Shuja‘. He was 
defeated, and forced to return to Bengal. So our mint must 
be either Akbarnagar or Akbarpuir, and the probstilities are 
all in favour of Akbarnagar. It was in Rajmahal re 
that Shah Shuja‘ held his principal Court—Storia do Mogor, 
Vol. I, p. 228—and Akbarnagar was the recognized capital of 
that part of Bengal, and a well-known mint town of the 
Mughal Emperors. Manucci in connection with Shah Shuja‘ 
also remarks that Rajmahal was that prince’s principal resi- 
dence.— Ibid., p. 334. 
The suggested 6 ean of the Lucknow Museum type 
is therefore as follow 
Obverse. Reverse. 
Kalima in square ; date | «4A doo 
in left-hand bottom corner. 
Marginal inscriptions :— eae 
Right ee Jor si? sole 
xl ie 
Bottom whee pil 
Left ule ple , oo! 
Top x8 «gi! Gow oe oe 
ob o- 
DE ASt oye U yoiSe 
R. B. WHITEHEAD. 
