172 Philological Secretary — Report on coins. [June, 



Mint ; Fathabad* ; Husainabad* ; doubtful or illegible* 10 



GhiYAsu-D-DlN Mahmud Shah III. (A.H. 933-947 = A.D. 

 1526-1537):— 



(1) Usual type, with hadr-i-shahi in small circle ; 



(a) as in Brit. Mus. Cat., Nos. 147-148 ; Mint Husaina- 

 bad2; Khalifabad (?) 933*; Nasratabad 933^; 

 Mint illegible, date 933* ; Mint and Date illegible^ 14 

 (6) similar, but date on Ohv. ; mint: Fathabad 933 ... 3 

 (c) as in Brit. Mus., 149-151 (with Shah on Obv.) ; Mint : 

 Husainabad^ (date 939 on two specimens) ; Mu- 

 hammadabad^ ; Nasratabad^ ; on others doubtful 11 

 Of doubtful type ... ... ... 13 



(2) Lettered surfaces, new type, different varieties :— * 



Ohv. Eev. 



Cj^:^jAkJ\ {sic. ! ) liaU J *^ *^\ 



Mint Husainabad 945 (?)*; on others illegible ... 13: 54 



Coins of Bahmani Sultans : 

 'Taju-d-din FIROZ Shah (A.H. 800-825=1397-1721) : 



as in Brit. Mus. Cat., No. 449-452 ... ... 2 



Coins of Sun Dynasty : 

 Islam Shah (A.H. 952-960=A.D. 1545-1552) : 



(1) as in Brit. Mus. Cat., No. 619 ... ... 1 



(2) uncertain Obv, portion of Kalimah within square 



area, and as-sultan beneath; Uev. in looped 



pentagon: as-sultan khallad Allahu mulkahu 955 1 : 2 

 Muhammad Shah (A.H. 960-964 = A.D. 1552-1556): 



a doubtful piece ... ... ... 1 



Coins of Mughal Emperors : 

 HuMAYtJN (A.H. 937-960=A.D. 1530-1554) : 

 A new and probably unique type, of decidedly Bengal 

 Mintage; apparently Rupees struck by Humayun while 

 residing at Gaur (Jannatabad ; see Riyaz, p. 144, and Stewart, 



p. 124) : 



Obv. in circle : Muhammad Eumayun badshah-i-ghazl (or 

 simply ghaz'i). In margin of one coin 94, and traces of legend. 



