140 Blochmann, — On a Silver Coin of Shdhjahdn II. [July, 



was not recognized by Sliah 'Alam, the next emperor. 'Abdul- 'Aziz 

 'Alamgir II had been killed on the 8th Eabi' II, 1173 ; and when the 

 news reached his son Shah 'Alam in Patna, he celebrated on the 4th Juma- 

 da II. his juh'is in the neighboiu-hood of Patna. But Shah 'Alam only- 

 received the insignia of royalty from Shuja'-uddaulah on the 16th Zil- 

 Qa'dah at Sarai Eaji, on the left bank of the Karamnasa ; and the coinage 

 was only settled a few days after the 19th Zil-Hajj, 1174, at Jajmau, when 

 the following legend was adopted — 



The shado-w of God's kindness issued his coinage over the seven reahns, the pro- 

 tector of the religion of Muhammad, Shah 'Alam, the Emperor. 



This verse (metre, loiiff ramal) aj)pears also on the earlj^ coinage of the 

 E. I. Company. 



General Cunningham's coin of 1174 may have therefore been struck at 

 any time during 1174, as the coinage was in all probability continued after 

 the deposition of Shahjahan II.* 



[Maasir-i-'Alamgiri ; Khizanah-i-'Amirah (under Alif) ; Maasir-ul-Umara {su6> 

 Ghazi-uddin) ; Tah9ii'at-un-N'azmn, hy Sayjdd Muhammad-ibn-'Abdul-Jalil of Bil- 

 gram (sub annis 1173 et 1174) ; Siyar-ul-Mutaakhkhii'in ; Tarikh-i-Muzaffari ; llif- 

 tah-ut-Tawarikh.] 



I ti'anslate the following passage regarding Muhiyy-ul-Millat from the 

 3Iulc1itagir-i-Sair-i-Sindustdn by Hakim Wahid-uUah — 



' Muhiyy-ul-Millat, Shahjahan II., son of Prince Muhiyy-us-sunnat, 

 son of Mirza Kambakhsh, son of the emperor 'Alamgir, sat on the throne 

 of the kingdom in 1173 after the emperor 'Alamgir II, as given in the 

 following chronogram of his accession (metre, muzdra' -i-aJcJirah) — 



f^i^)jt 0.s->^J 0*la*.J ^^_y:^ iju^^'xi iiwjf ^ss'^ ^^.>t Sij^ ^s^ \j^a: 



1. When Mirza Muhiyy-ul-lIiUat, son of Muhiyy-us-sunnat satin grandeur on 

 the throne of the Timurides, 



2. A voice from heaven for the sake of guidance said, ' Muhammad Shahjahan 

 II, of nohle origin. 'f 



' It is known that when this king sat on the throne, Ahmad Shah Dur- 

 rani marched with a large army on Dihli, and encamped near the Ghat- 

 Hazari, where he fought with Jhanku Pao, the Maratha. He killed many 

 leaders of the Marathas. 'Imad-ul-Mulk had fled to Fort Kumhir and 



* For Ahmad Shah Dui-rani's Indian coinage of 1173 and 1174, vide Proc. A. S., 

 Bengal, for November, 1874, p. 208. 



t The last mi(;rd' gives 1168 ; but the head ('sarj of the word 'hidayat', or h, i. e. 

 5, is to be added; hence we get 1173. 



