244 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1910. 



Those on the second are : 



Obverse* Reverse 



* 



A — &* s \jSb 



• • 







Ij UjJ*» | 



♦ * 



A 



« 



In each case the reverse bears ornament No. 24 of the 

 Table of Ornaments already referred to. 



The first coin is a dam of Daru-1-khilafat Salimabad, 

 Ajmer, struck in the year 982. The second is a dam of Salima- 

 b4d, dated 1008. The style of the obverse of the first is dis- 

 tinct, but that of the obverse of the second follows the usual 

 style of the copper coins of Ajmer and Chitor. 



In his paper, ' The Mints of the Mu gh al Emperors/ Mr. R. 

 Burn noted on a copper coin of Ajmer of mint Salimgarh, Ajmer, 

 dated 982. On my copper coin of same date, the name is un- 

 doubtedly Salimabad. Mr. Burn remarks that this name for 

 Ajmer is doubtless connected with Shaikh Salim Chishti from 

 whom Prince Salim took his name. Shaikh Salim died in 979, 

 and Prince Salim was born in 977. 



Coins of Akbar are now, therefore, known of Ajmer, of Aj- 

 mer with its name Salimabad, and of Salimabad alone. I may 

 instance the parallel case of the issues of Shah 'Alam II minted 

 at Bindraban, alias Muminabad. Shah 'Alam II struck coins 

 bearing the names of Muminabad, of Bindraban, and of the 

 combination Muminabad, Bindraban, the first two in copper, 



and the last in silver. 



R. B. Whitehead, C.S. 



81. Mttghal Emperors — Rafi'tj-d-Darjat 



Gold. 



Obverse. Reverse. 



it 



* (<*)&}) *i~ 



o'y3* *i Hr(i) .-y* 



(*V) 



ijjj 



&i 



The above muhar adds another to the list of Rafl'u-d- 

 surjat's mints. The title <jjl» aii*U in place of the usual 

 j>»j a^iali is also new. With these two pretentious titles 



