1876.] Blocliniann, — On a Silver Coin of ShahjaJidn II. 139 



Obverse. — The auspicious coinage of the victorious emperor Shahjahan (II). 

 Eevee.se. — In the first year of the auspicious accession. Struck at A h m a d n a- 

 gar-Farrukhabad. 



Mr. BLOCHMANisr said — A few monfhs ago, Mr. Delmerick forwarded to 

 the Society a second list of -onpublislied coins, whicli will appear in No. Ill 

 of this year's Journal. In it lie gives a gold coin of Shahjalian II, of 1173 

 H., together with some interesting jjarticulars, to which I would refer the 

 members. 



The name of this jDuppet king of Dihli is Muhiyy-ul-Millat (' reviver 

 of the faith'). He is the son of Muhiyy-us-sunnat (' reviver of the law'), 

 who was the son of Prince Kambakhsh. The latter was the favorite son of 

 the emperor Muhiyy-uddin ' A'lamgir (Aurangzib) . In several histories 

 and inferior MSS. Muhiyy-ul-MiUat is confounded with his father. Thus 

 Beale in his Miftdh says that the name of Shahjahan II. was Muhiyy-us- 

 sunnat ; and Grant Duff (Histy. of the Mahrattas, Bomb, edit., p. 311) 

 calls him " a son", instead of " a grandson" of Kambakhsh. 



But Muhiyy-us-sunnat could scarcely have been ahve in 1173. He 

 waa born before or about 1100 A. H. ; for we know from the M.adsir-i- 

 ^A'lamgiH that he received in 1107 a yaumiyyah, or daily stij)end, from 

 Aurangzib, and that in 1114 he was made a Commander of 7000, with 200ft 

 horse. 



MTohiyy-ul-Millat was raised to the throne of DihK, under the title of 

 Shahjahan .II.,* on the 8th Eabi' II, 1173, by Ghaziuddin 'Imad-ul-Mulk 

 (Mir Shihabuddin), who on the same day had murdered the emperor 'Aziz- 

 uddin 'A'lamgir II. This took place when Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded 

 the Panjab, and 'Imad-ul-Mulk had given out that the late emperor had 

 carried on a secret correspondence with the Abdali. 'Imad-ul-Mulk, after 

 a short time, had to leave the newly made emj^eror in Dihli, as Ahmad Shah 

 had advanced to the Ganges, and to seek a refuge with Siiraj-Mall of Bhart- 

 pur. Dihli was then occupied by the Marathas under Sadashiv Bhao, who 

 for several months carried on negotiations with the Abdali. It was with a 

 view to detach Shuja'-uddaulah, the Nawab-Vazir of Audh, from the invad- 

 er, that the Bhao, on the 29th ^afar, 1174, deposed Shahjahan II., appoint- 

 ing Mirza Jawan-Bakht, son of Shah 'Alam, regent for his father, and 

 Shuja'-uddaulah Vazir of Hindustan. 



On the 6th Jumada II, 1174, Sadashiv Bhao was totally defeated by 

 the Abdali at Panipat ; and before the year was over, Ahmad Shah had left 

 India. 



Muhiyy-ul-Millat, therefore, was titular king from 8th Eabi' II, 1173, 

 to 29th (^afar, 1174. The histories do not say Avhat became of him after- 

 wards. In the list of Dihli emperors he is generally left out, because he 

 * Ivaii'-ud-dauluh ulao had the tillo of yhiihjahiin 11. 



