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Of the Muhammadabad Benares Mint there were coins of the 
16th regnal year, and of each regnal year from the 18th to the 30th 
of Muhammad Shah, a complete series of the coins of Ahmad 
Shah and ’Alamgir II, and coins of the first five years of Shah 
"Alam II. The latter coins and those of “Alamgir II shew a 
ereat variety of types and mint marks, The find also contained a 
complete series of the rupees of Azamabad for the reigns of 
Ahmac Shah and Alamgir II, except in respect of the 4th year 
of the former sovereign ; and it appears from them that the mint- 
mark identified with the Azimabad Mint in later times was first 
placed on the coins in 1163 A.H.—the 3rd year of Ahmad Shah. 
Rupees of Katak of Muhammad Shah, of Jahangirnagar of 
Muhammad Shah, and ’Alamgir IJ, and of Mingir of Shah "Alam 
I have not, as far as I know, been previously found. 
The find further contained a rupee of ’Alamgir II of Calcutta 
mintage, arupee of Shah Alam II of Allahabad, with a date which, it 
seems tome, must be read as 1172 A.H.,7.e., two years before he 
ascended the throne of Dehli; and a rupee of Shah Jahan III of 
Azimabad, dated 1174 A.H. 
The Mungir rupee of Shah ’Alam II calls for special notice. In 
Dr. White King and Captain Vost’s paper “Some Novelties in 
Moghul Coins,” published in the Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. XVI, 
a dam of Akbar was described and figured, on which the mint 
name Manghir ile was read, though no ‘ye’ is visible in the 
illustration of the coin. This place was identified with Monghyr 
in Bengal. The latter, however, is always in Persian characters 
spelt ,a&,-, and this is the spelling found on the coin of Shah 
’Alam II in the Manbhim find. It seems certain, therefore, that 
the mint town of the copper coin of Akbar above mentioned cannot 
have been Monghyr in Bengal. It is more probable that it was 
“Manghar,” a fort built by [slam Shah Suri, 76 miles north of 
Amritsar (see Thomas’s Chronicles, page 414). This would ac- 
count for the Siri type of the reverse. 
The Allahabad rupee of Shah ’Alam II, dated 1172 A.H., is 
puzzling. Itis, I understand, not the first found, but I have myself 
seen no other. In Elliot and Dawson’s History of India, Vol. 
VIII, page 172, it is stated that in the 5th year of ’Alamgir’s 
reign, which would correspond to 1172-73 A.H., Shah ‘Alam left 
Dehli after fighting a battle with Ghazi-ud-din Khan and proceed- 
ed eastward. He was joined by the Governor of Allahabad, and 
proceeded to invade Bengal, with a view to ‘establishing his 
claim to the viceroyalty of the eastern Stbahs” (Br. Mus. Cat., 
page 12). After his defeat at Buxar and the signing of the 
Treaty of Allahabad in 1765 A.D. (1178-79 A.H.) the latter 
place became the headquarters of Shah ’Alam for some years. 
(1) Muhammad Shah. Pl. TV. 11. 
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Weight, 179 grains, 
