122 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1905. 
unique mohur was acquired from Hindu priest 
shortly after the last Magh Mela at Allahabad, to which it is said 
to have been brought by a pilgrim from Bengal rom 
the Hajipir Mint were previously known. The place is situated 
in the Muzaffarpir District, Bengal, and lies on the east bank of 
the Little Gundak, a short distance above its confluence with the 
Ganges opposite Patna. Hajipar figures conspicuously in the 
histo 
governors of Bengal, having been twice besieged and captured by 
the Imperial troops in 1572 and again in 1574 A.D. This mohur 
Figure 
the Mughal Empero 
(ii) Metal, Gold. Pl, IV. 3. 
Weight, 167 grains. 
Mint, Jaunptir. 
Date, 988 A.H. 
This is, I believe, the only square mohur of Akbar known 
from the Jaunpir Mint. His square rupees from the same mint 
are extremely rare. The date on this mohur appears in the right- 
hand lower corner of the obverse—a comparatively rare occurrence. 
(iii) Metal, Silver. PI. IV. 4. 
Weight, (looped. ) 
Mint, Jaunpir-Chaitaur. 
Date, 976 A.H 
This strange combination of names has long been a puzzle to 
me, which I have not yet succeeded in solvinc. There seems n0 
(iv) Metal, Silver. Pl, IV. .. 
eight, 44 grains. 
Mint, Lahore. 
Date, 987 A.H. 
