CO J. G. Delmerick — A Silver Coin of Dawar finish. [Makch, 



paper in the Society's Journal, and felt sure that he expressed the opi- 

 nions of the Society in thanking Mr. Blanford for his valuable paper. . 



2. On a silver coin of Dawar Bakhsh. — By J. G. Delmerick. 

 Jahangir died near Rajor in Kashmir territory on the 28th Safar 

 A. H. 1037, A. D. 29th October 1627. Asaf Khan, the brother of Nur 

 Jahan, and father-in-law of Shah Jahan, in order to prevent disturbances, 

 immediately proclaimed as Emperor Dawar Bakhsh, also called Bulaqi, 

 who was a son of Sultan Khusrau, the eldest son of Jahangir. 



The Khutba was read in the name of Dawar Bakhsh, at Bhimbar, but 

 Asaf Khan at the same time despatched a swift runner to Shah Jahan 

 with his own signet ring as an assurance of the truth of the message 

 that Jahangir was dead, and that orders were required how to act. 



The runner found him in twenty days, it is said, at Junir near 

 Bombay ! 



Shah Jahan sent a firman to Asaf Khan to kill Dawar Bakhsh, Shah- 

 riyar the brother of Khusrau, and the sons of Daniyal. 



Accordingly after the proclamation at Lahore of Shah Jahan as 

 Emperor on the 2nd Jamadi-ul-awwal A. H. 1037, A. D. 28th November 

 1627, Dawar Bakhsh with his brother Garshasp, Shahriyar the brother of 

 Khusrau, and Tahmuras and Hoshang the sons of Prince Daniyal were all 

 put to death on the 26th Jamadi-ul-awwal A. H. 1037 or A. D. 24th 

 December 1627. 



Elphinstone in a footnote at page 503 of his History of India states 

 on the authority of Olearius that Dawar S.hikoh, also called Bulaqi, who 

 had been set up for King by 'Asaf Khan, found means to escape to 

 Persia where he was afterwards seen by the Holstein Ambassadors in 

 1633 ; but the man seen in Persia was very probably an impostor, as all 

 our Muhammadan historians agree in asserting that the real Dawar 

 Bakhsh was executed at Lahore by the order of Shah Jahan. 



A coin of Dawar Bakhsh, the puppet of 'Asaf Khan, whose nominal 

 reign lasted for exactly one month, is in the possession of Pandit Rattan 

 Narain, the Nazir of the Deputy Commissioner's Court at Delhi, and I 

 send you a drawing and description of it. 



The Kalimah was removed from the coins of Akbar about A. H. 991, 

 and Jahangir seldom used it on any of his coins, but no sooner was 

 Jahangir dead than it was formally resumed by Dawar Bakhsh, whose 

 coin moreover appears to have been used as an exemplar for the coins 

 of his uncle and successor Shah Jahan. 



Silver-weight 176 grs. Unique. A. H. 1037. 



aUjb Ji>^\ d jS%J\ y\ I The Kalimah. 



