682 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1910. 



1. Reign: 'All I: A.H. 965—988. 



2. Diameter: (a) 75; (b) -7; (c) '55 inch; also of one 



square coin the side measures # 5 inch. 



3. Weight: (a) 177; (6) 110; (c) 52 grains ; and of the 



square coin 58 grains. 



Obverse : »_Jlfc ^t ^ ^^ 



arranged as in Fig. 1 . 



Reverse : vJliJl *J^f **»f 



arranged as in Fig. 1. 



*All I, as a convinced Shi' a (his father was a SunnI), 

 would delight to associate himself in every possible way with 

 'All the fourth, or, as Shi' as maintain, the first rightful 

 Khalifa. Now this 'All Khalifa was a son of Abu Talib, and 

 hence the king 'All, by striking on his coins the words 'All 

 son of Abi ( = Abu) Talib, was suggesting at least his oneness 



Kh alif a 

 On the Reverse of this 



Allal 



' the Lion of God.' It is noteworthy, in this connexion, that a 

 noble bearing the title Asad Khan was married to a sister of 

 the king. He was " one of the greatest men in Bijapur story, 

 "and since his death, for some reason or other, he is still 

 remembered and treated as a wall or saint.' ' 1 



Type III (Plate XXXIX, Figure 2). 



Number of specimens 46 : (a) 18 (Cousens); 4 (Thanawala). 



(6) 22 (Cousens). 

 (c) 2 (Cousens). 



1. Eeign: Ibrahim II : A.H. 988— 1037. 



2. Diameter : (a) -75 ; (6) -65 ; (c) -55 inch. 



3. Weight : (a) 172 grs. (average of 22 specimens). 



(b) 115 grs. (average of 22 specimens). 



(c) 60 grs. (average of 2 specimens). 



Obverse : ^i 5b +$*\^ 



arranged as in Fig. 2. 



Reverse : ^J° (j^ f^ 



arranged as in Fig. 2. 



A slight variant of this Type is preserved to us in a single 

 coin. Its distinguishing feature is a four-petalled cruciform 



102 



* Cousens: op. tit., p. 135. See also Briggs's Ferishta : III, 101 i 



