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went a tour in the Dekkan. He took a cousin with him and 

 left Dehli in the hands of one of his creatures. When returning, 

 he suddenly ordered his cousin to be executed, and when he 

 arrived in Dehli the same fate was measured out to the man 

 who had been left as governor of that city. It is surmised that 

 the cousin and the governor were plotting for the throne. The 

 coin was evidently struck in Dehli. The king probably saw it, 

 and as it bore on it the year of his absence, he imagined that 

 either the governor, or his cousin, or both, were plotting 

 against him. No mention is made of Shamsu-d-Din Mahmud in 

 history. His name and date are found only on one known coin. 

 If more coins could be obtained, we might get to know more 

 about him." 



In the Introduction to his * ' Catalogue of the Coins in the 

 Government Museum, Lahore," Mr. C. J. Rodgers gives a list 

 of the Dehli Sultans which includes Shamsu-d-Din Mahmud. 

 The date of his accession is given as 718 A.H., and it is stated, 



that only one billon coin is known. 



These two references are all the information I have been 

 able to find. I cannot ascertain whether the coin was ever 

 described, and to whom it belonged, or now belongs. If it was 

 the property of Mr. Rodgers, he probably disposed of it to the 

 British Museum, yet it is not published in his Supplements. 



Possibly the present notice will stimulate further enquiry, 

 but Shamsu-d-Din Mahmud can have been nothing more than 

 the figure head of an obscure palace conspiracy. 



///. Muhammad*bin-Tughlaq. 



Gold. 



Weight — 170 grs. Mint — Tughlaqpur alias Tirhut 

 Size— -85. Year— 735. 



Obverse. 



Reverse. 



In circle, Kalima. In centre of 



Marginal inscription within outer circle. coin 



On four sides 



names of the 



four imams ; 



all within out- 

 er circle. 



This mohar is in fine condition. It is a gold coin of 

 Tughlaqpur alias Tirhut mint, and as such is a novelty. Pre- 

 viously the only known coins of Muhammad Tughlaq struck at 



