1872.] H. Blochmann — Bemm^ks on Mr. Thomases readings. 203 



Of the other coins, the most valuable is the unique Daulatshahi silver 

 coin, No. 16 on the photograph and No. 12 in Mr. Thomas's readings. To- 

 gether with the Grhiasuddin 'Iwaz coins, it forms one of the earliest specimens 

 of Muhammadan coinage in Bengal. 'Alauddin Daulatshah seems to be the 

 Mahk 'Alauddin Jani mentioned in the Tabagdt i Ncigiri (Bibl. Ind. Edition, 

 pp. 174, 178). The royal titles assumed by the early Bengal Grovernors 

 were customary in those days ; vide the inscription by 'Izzuddin Abul Fath 

 Tughril from Bihar (A. H. 640, or A. D. 1242), PI. vii. of the Journal, A. S. 

 Bengal, Pt. I, for 1871. 



Of the Grhias 'Iwaz coins, Mr. Thomas's No. 7 (Nos. 8 and 9 of the 

 photograph) was published by Marsden. It is curious that the coin does 

 not give him the name Husdmuddin, which he has in the Tabaqat. 



The name 'Iwaz must not be pronounced 'Auz, a form which is not usual 

 as a name. It implies that the parents look upon the son as "a substitute" 

 {Hwaz) for a deceased elder son, and is therefore the Arabic equivalent for 

 the more vulgar ' Tinkauri,' ' Panchkauri,' and ' Satkauri,' names so often 

 used at the present day by the lower classes in India ; for ' tinJcaurV also 

 shews that parents have lost sons, and that they called the newborn son 

 "Three Cowries- Worth," in order to induce the Angel of Death to spare so 

 valueless a being. Or parents even sell such a child to lucky parents for 

 the nominal value of three cowries, in order to make the Angel of Death be- 

 lieve that the child does not belong to them. 



The accumulation of secondary, ov julus, names on Ghiasuddin's coins is 

 extraordinary. The prose-rhyme, or saja\ is also noticeable. 



Guided by the photograph, I would read the obverse of the Ghiasuddin 

 Iwaz coin. No. 7 (Nos. 8 and 9, of the photograph) as follows : — 



GJiidsuddunyd waddin Abul Fath 'Iwaz, son of Al Husain, wlio sTiares 

 (Ms property) with the Commander of the Faithful, the hing of kings, the 

 light of the ivorld and of the faith, Abul JMuzaffar ' Ali, the right hand of the 

 Commander of the Faithful — may Cod perpetuate his kingdom ! 



The wordjy (for the suggestedj^^) is very clear on No. 8 of the pho- 

 tograph, and even on No. 9, where the Wiiio has run into the re ; fl-ldunyd 

 IS impossible. The reading yamin is clear, at least on No. 9 of the photo- 

 graph ; yaduhu or 'ala yadihi makes no sense. 



On the reverse of the Daulatshah coin, the photograph suggests ^^^J\j^\ 

 Abul MadU, for the unusual Abul Chazi. 



Daulatshah gives Iltitmish the juliis-name Abulfath, whilst the coins of 

 the Dihli emperor have Abul Muzaffar. 



