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occupation of the capital Dehli. As this date is close 
to the end of the reign of Shah ‘Alam II, and as many 
Akbar II, and Bahadur Shah II, shall be deemed 
Mughal issues, which were struck at Dehli (Shah- 
jahanabad).’’ 
By the application of this rule some coins, which are 
obviously non-imperial, will be admitted into the Mughal series, 
but only conventionally, and their number need not be large. 
The admission of such coins is better than the possible exclu- 
sion of true Mughal coins under some alternative principle. It 
is hoped that this convention will be generally adopted. 
The mints which were included in Mr. Burn’s Tables, that 
disappear by the operation of this rule, are Sheopir and 
Firozpur only. 
I append the following short notes on a few points of 
interest in connection with the mint towns. 
Ajmur.—The remarkable zodiacal mohur of Jahangir bear- 
ing the name of Nur Jahan, which was struck at Ajmer, is 
deserving of special mention. It was published by the Hon’ ble 
James Gibbs, C.S.1., in the J.A.8.B. for 1883. The zodiacal 
sign is Cancer, and the obverse legend runs :— 
sls 
pry ove etl ke 
eed 
sEsb wee 33 pbs 
fe peo! 
bere oy? 
The equally remarkable Sagittarius mohur at Paris, with 
the name of Nur Jahan, of Lahor mint, bears the same obverse 
inscription with the exception that the last line runs— 
pore y22¥ or? 
As far as I know each coin is still unique, and they are 
the only known zodiacal coins struck at Ajmer and Lahor 
respectively. : 
a Samar mohur of dates 1034 A.H., 20 R., of Kashmir 
mint, bearing the name of Nur Jahan, was in the Da Cunha 
Collection. 
