1867.] The Initial Coinage of Bengal. 31 



GOVERNORS OF BENGAL— continued. 



ACCES-. 







SION 





NAMES OF GOVERNORS. 



A. H. 







631 



8. 





642 



9. 



&b& &^j** i&i*J}j+' 





10. 



iSXijji (^J^l jk&M 



656 



11. 





657 



12. 



ts^l e>^ t***^ 



657 



13. 





659 



14. 





676? 



15. 



(Jj*i= l^Wl ■£***■* 



681 



16. c^V*^ U !i - Lr i3 



^♦ss" 



Pledges his allegiance to Riziyh on 

 her elevation in a. h. 634; continues 

 in the Government till 642 a. h., 

 when he surrenders the kingdom to 

 No. 9. (Minhaj-ul-Siraj, the his- 

 torian, was at his court at this 

 latter period. 



Obtains possession of Lakhnauti on 

 the 5th Zul Kaad, a. h. 642 — dies 

 in 644. 



Dates uncertain. First appointed 

 during the reign of Nasir-ud-dm 

 Mahmud of Dehlf. He seems to 

 have been a powerful ruler and a 

 daring commander, and finally met 

 his death in his retreat from an 

 over-venturesome expedition into 

 Kamriip. He had previously as- 

 sumed independence under the title 



Appointed in A. H. 656. ( ^hkilli 



subsequently in temporary posses- 

 sion). 



Recognised, on receipt of his tribu- 

 tary presents at head-quarters, in 

 the early part of a. h. 657. 



Obtains a momentary advantage over 

 No. 12 in his absence from his- 

 Capital ; eventually taken prisoner 

 and superseded by No. 12. 



Son of No. 12.* On the accession of 

 Balban in a. h. 664, he forwards 

 elephants and tribute to Dehli. 



Appointed by Balban.f He after- 

 wards asserts his independence, 

 and assumes the title of 



Balban sends armies against him 

 without success, and at last pro- 

 ceeds in person to Bengal. Finally, 

 Toghral is surprised and killed. 



Second son of Balban, installed with 

 royal honors. 



* Zia-i-Barni in one place, page 53, calls him ^!a- ijj&wjl j-~*<&\> 

 and again, at page 66. ^bxi&Z ^y'a*. jh \jj\ 



&S 





f Zia-i-Barni, pp. 82-92. 



