572 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [November, 1910. 



Farrukh-siyar. 



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Of Farrukh-siyar 's reign one rupee I am inclined to assign, 

 though somewhat doubtfully, to the new mint Gulshanabad 

 (Fig. 10, Obv. and Rev.). It displays the normal legends, but 

 on this specimen the mint-name itself is not very clear. The fort 

 of Gulshanabad, in Baglana near Junir, is mentioned in the 

 history of the operations conducted by the Imperial forces 

 against the Marathas in the early years of the twelfth century 

 after the Hijra (E.D., VII, 337, 345) ; but I have not succeeded 

 in discovering what connexion the Emperor Farrukh-siyar may 

 have had with this place. 



Another rupee of this reign issued from the mint of 

 A'zamnagar (Fig, 11, Rev. only). The lowest line of the 

 Reverse contains several incomplete letters, which may per- 

 haps have served to indicate that the mint's full name was 

 A'zamnagar Gokulgarh. The specimen in the British Museum, 

 numbered 936, seems to be without this supplemental line. 



Fig. 12, Rev. only, represents a puzzling rupee. Though its 

 mint-name has not yet been deciphered, enough of its letters 

 are present to render probable the inference that this coin 

 issued from some town hitherto unregistered in any mint-list. 



Other noteworthy rupees of Farrukh-siyar were those 

 from Daru-i-Khair Ajmer, Daru-1-Fath Ujjain, Islamabad, 

 Bankapur, Ohmapattan, and Mustaqirru-1-mulk 'Azlmabad. 

 The Bankapur rupee (Fig. 13, Obv. and Rev.), dated 7-1130, 

 differs in the arrangement of its Obverse legend from King and 

 Vost's No. 32. 



Rafl'u-l-Darajat. 



Of Rafru-1-Darajat's short reign rupees bearing this Em- 

 peror's distinctive couplet were in evidence from the Daru-I- 

 Fath Ujjain, Ahmadabad, and Lakhnau mints. There was 

 also a Multan rupee bearing, as indeed seems to be usual in 

 the case of this mint, not the couplet but the simpler legend 

 that is present too on the Multan muhr. The Ahmadabad 

 rupee, a broad specimen and in perfect condition, is the first 

 one I have seen without the Zlnatu-1-bilad epithet. Just the 

 plain name Ahmadabad is entered at the bottom of the 

 Reverse. It would be interesting now to discover gold pieces 

 of this simpler type, corresponding to the well-known Zlnatu- 

 1-bilad muhrs. 



Shah Jahan II. 



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Shah Jahan IFs rare mints at Burhanpur, 'Azlmabad, 

 and Kora were represented by their rupees. Also a rupee 

 from Daru-1-Khair Ajmer was found, which, though wanting 

 the Hijrl year, may be confidently assigned to this Emperor 

 rather than to Shah Jahan III. 



