1898.] W. Irvine— Mw^ Rules in 1126 A.E. 149 



4. Mint Rules in 1126 A,B., (1714-15 A. D.)—By W. Irvine, 

 B.C.S. (retired). 



The following extract from a small work (19 folios of 16 lines 

 each) that I have lately acquired, the Hiddyatwl-qawtlHdj by Hidayat- 

 ullah Bihari, may be of interest to those numismatists, such as Dr. 

 Edgar Thurston, who have taken up the history of Indian mints. The 

 work was written in 1126 H. (16th January, 1714 — 5th January, 1715), 

 falling in the second and third years of Farrukhsiyar's reign. The 

 following verses fix the year : — 



J — -^^ e^fjl ^ — ^^J (*^ ?^-l5t <J — '^^ o'i^ (•«>/ •^^l^ — ^t *jf«>A 



As we are able to fix thus precisely the date of composition, the 

 remarks are of historical value, and although they are far inferior in 

 detailed information to Book I of the Ain-i-Akhari, dm 4 to 12, they 

 give some things that cannot be found there. I insert the text, as many 

 of the expressions have baffled me. 



jjlkA>^ J^4.*x) J *kjU Jjlk« }$«yj^^ ^x) ^yl<^ i^^A^^i^^ jl 4r ^j^ i\^ .yjlj 

 ^^Cwo ^f^ ?^jj ^iUs ^jUjb^jj :j'f^A 03U f^t ^j^ ^J<*J i^j*^\ jh ^j^ 



Jt^^j'j i^!/^'*^ * "^^^ »«^«^J *^ Oi^ ^y^ ' «3Jufc^ (j'jl'i^jlj :>yijj^^(jjr ^f 



O^a. Aa.t^J^ «>''^Ij Ai-^f^ Oa*«j^ .Xijl^xx) «xij^-« ^Uj ^^«xiA ^Ij^j ^i^ ^_^ikx) g^ f 



