1867.] TJie Initial Coinage of Bengal. 45 



establish the fact of his possession of Lukhnauti during the period 

 embraced between the years 702-722, and (at some moment) of 

 his ownership the Eastern Province of Bengal represented by the mint 

 of Sonargaon. A subordinate incident is developed in the legends 

 of the coins, that he felt himself sufficiently firm in his own power to 

 discard the supererogatory adjuncts of descent or relationship, and 

 relied upon the simple affirmation of his own position as ^UaLJi. 

 Shams-ud-din. Firuz Shah. 

 No. 4. 



Lakhnauti, a.h. 702,* 715, (Col. Bush), 720, 722. 

 Silver. Size, vii. Weight, 1.68.4 grs. Very rare. Plate I., fig. 3, 

 Type as above. 



Obv. Rev. 







^IkLJl 



Margin, [ &jU*a*« J j c^O^ **""• <Jh**^ ia*y*AsrJ 



No. 5. 

 Sonargaon, A.H. ? 

 Silver. Size, vii. Weight, 168 grs. Unique. 

 Type as above. 



III.— SHAHA'B-UD-DFN. BUGHRAH SHAH. 



Neither history, incidental biography, nor numismatic remains 

 avail to do more than prove the elevation, as they seem to indicate 

 the brief and uneventful rule, of Shahab-ud-din, the son of Shams-ud- 

 dfn Firuz, and grandson of the once recognised heir-apparent of 

 Balban. 



* See also Pathan Sultans of Hindustan, p. 37, coin dated 702 a.h. This 

 coin was published by me in 1848. I then read the date as 702 a.h. I was not 

 at the time unversed in the decipherment of Arabic numbers, and probably from 

 the very difficulty of placing the piece itself, I may the more rely upon the accu- 

 racy of my original interpretation. I mention this fact, as I am at present un- 

 able to refer to the coin itself. 



