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sea, and the influence of this trade would thus be specially felt in 
the north and north-west portion of the province. It hence 
appears extremely improbable that any coins from Cutch or 
‘Kathiawar should become the circulating medium in South Guja- 
rat, yet not find acceptance as currency for Ahmadabad and the 
The coins of Cutch and Kathiawar may indeed have been 
originally called ‘mahmidis,’ but this designation soon gave 
place to the term ‘kori,’ the name that still attaches to them 
Accordingly, if ever current in the Siirat district, they would, in 
all probability, have been denominated not the Mahmidis but the 
ori trat 
astly, these Koris, like the Persian Mahmidis, were all of 
them considerably inferior in value to the Sirat Mahmidi. The 
latter, we have seen, was reckoned at about 12d., the rupee being 
27d., but the Cutch Kori is now, and was probably then too, ap- 
1 t ¢-6d. 
fact it would seem that, while the Surat Mabmiidi fluctuated 
between half a rupee and a third, inclining to the half, the Kori 
ranged in value between a third of a rupee and a quarter, inclin- 
Ing to the quarter. : 
or the above reasons the conclusion is inevitable that the 
Kori, whether of Cutch or of Kathiawar, cannot be regarded as 
identical with the Surat Mahmi@di. : 
IV. Were the Stirat Mahmidis the same as the silver coins 
of the Gujarat Saltavat ? 
No reason can be given why the Gujarat Saltanat coins should 
have remained current in the south of Gujarat, yet not in the 
ere and yet be accepted as the currency of Surat. ee 
It was in A.H. 980 (A.D. 1573) that Akbar conquered Gujarat 
and annexed it to his Empire. In that same year he issued coins 
Probable that during all these sixty-five years the coinage—never 
very plentiful—of the conquered province of Gujarat should have 
