

102 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIII, 



To understand better their regnal years, I give the first 

 ten with their equivalent dates of the Christian era, compiled 

 from Noeldeke. 



Regnal years 



1 

 2 



3 



4 



5 

 6 



7 

 8 



9 



10 



Dales of Christian era. 

 from 27th June 590 to 26th June 591 



J> 



: 5 



j> 



} 5 



> J 



5 > 



? ? 



J? 



>> 



27th 

 26th 

 26th 

 26th 

 26th 

 25th 

 25th 

 25th 

 25th 



591 



592 



593 



594 



595 



596 



597 

 598 



599 



♦ 5 



* * 



J J 



" > 



5 J 



J J 



1 5 



5 5 



> J 



25th 

 25th 

 25th 



25th 



24th 

 24th 

 24th 

 24th 

 23rd 



* 3 



5 ? 



J 



>> 



5 > 



? J 



> J 



J » 



5 » 



592 

 593 

 594 

 595 

 596 



597 

 598 



599 



600 



Noeldeke, in his Tabari, devotes one whole chapter (pp. 

 478-487) on the rebellion of Bistam; Rawlinson. Seventh 

 Monarchy, gives it in chapter XXIV; and Gutschmid treats of 

 the event in the Z.D.M.G., 1880, p. 748; these three being the 

 chief authorities on this subject. 



The genealogical table given at the end of this article shows 

 the relationship existing between the house of Aspahbed, to 

 which Bistam belonged, and the reigning house of Sasfvn. (See 

 Justi's Namenbuch, p. 429). 



The legend on the obverse of the coin has not been read 

 correctly, and the enlarged facsimile given of it is so distorted 

 that I take this opportunity of indicating the proper rendering. 

 The word firochi in the facsimile, if given alone, could never be 

 deciphered aright. The first letter might perhaps be read if or 

 z/, the second jus a ligature, the like of which is not in the Pali- 

 lavi alphabet /and the rest can be distinctly read zochi. 



The legend on the obverse together with the monograpi 

 and the legend on the reverse, as copied from the original coin 



which the owner very kindly put at my disposal, are as 



follows : — 



Obverse : — 



I CI* 



o' 



Firochi 



JQJ/ 1 Vistakh 



m 



,U(LU 



afzun 



cxH 



monogram 



