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" him a strong force of Turks and Mughals, and feeling himself 

 11 pretty secure, began by degrees to sever his connexion with 

 41 the capital ; and, finally, in A.D. 1489 he openly declared his 

 44 independence by ordering the Khutba to be read in the 

 44 mosques in his own name." l 



Of the first four kings of this Dynasty no coins have as 

 yet been discovered, but of course it by no means follows that 

 no coins were struck by them. The coins hitherto found are 

 of ten several types, nine of which Mr. Cousens has " recon- 

 structed." The one additional type is represented by only five 

 specimens, and these of a coarse and clumsy make. The ten 

 types range over the last five reigns. Two should in all pro- 

 bability be attributed to 'All I, three to Ibrahim II, three to 

 Muhammad, one to 4 All II and one to Sikandar. Of each type 

 we now proceed to give a detailed description. 



Type I. 



Number of specimens 5 (Cousens). 



1. Reign: 'Ail I: A.H. 965— 988. 



2. Diameter: (a) -8; -75; (b) '65 inch. 



3. Weight : (a) 186 ; 182, 174, 157 grains. 



(b) 117 grains. 



Obverse : -r^ ^ e^ f J^ 



arranged thus : — e^l 





U 



coins 



j\ is written ^ and on the lowest line. 



Reverse : -^' *V' «M 



arranged thus :— - *"\ 



wJUJt 



Type II (Plate XXXIX, Figure 1). 



Number of specimens 27 : (a) 10 (Cousens); 2 (Thanawala). 



(b) 5 (Cousens); 1 (Thanawala). 



(c) 9 (Cousens). 



1 Cousens: Guide to Bijapur, 2nd Kdn., p. 115, 



