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Fig. 31 , bears on the obverse the name of ^ ^ ^~% Sri Hara deva. 

 The reverse seems to begin with the same letters as fig. 30, viz. ^J ^T 

 Asa ; after which follow at a short interval, . . Tf^m ^". • Masdna deva. 



It may be hereafter found that some of the above belong to what 

 may be called the transition period, when attempts were made to 

 express Musalmani names and titles in the vernacular character of 

 India, of which I will now endeavour to produce such instances a9 

 Colonel Stacy's rich collection offers. 



The name of the Raja on the obverse of all the transition or link 

 coins is ^t ^fffa' SH Hamiras ; this important and well-known name 

 may be found, either in full or in part, on figs. 20, (in this the engra- 

 ver has reversed the whole die,) 22, 36, 37, 38, 39, and 40. The same 

 name also occurs on figs. 44, 47, and 49, with an Arabic accompani- 

 ment, as will be presently noticed. 



The first example of a Moslem title in its simplest form occurs in figs. 

 32 and 35, in the Nagari word ^PC?TTW Suritdn ; this has no meaning 

 in Hindi, and I conjecture that it is intended for the Arabic title, Sul- 

 tan : the remainder of the sentence is in these two instances wanting. 



Figs. 34, 39, 40, and 41. In these four we find a more complete 

 paraphrase of the far sounding titles of the Delhi sovereigns ; at least 

 I conjecture that ^jf^rrmt^T ^W^T^t<*t (or as in 34, ^1T) is nothing 

 more than Sultan Shah Shamsh ud-din. 



Figs. 36, 37, and 38, are equally capable, and only capable, of an 

 interpretation on the same principle : the Devanagari letters on the 

 reverse run thus : ^T*T?*?^ ^HT Sd Mahamada Same, which I would 

 convert into Shah Muhammed Sanie. The initial word will admit of 

 being read Sri ; but the rest of the legend is quite clear and satis- 

 factory. 



The name of Hamira, as before stated, is repeated on the obverse 

 of all these curious coins. We have now to trace it into a field one 

 step farther removed from the primitive standard. 



Figs. 48 and 49. In these, the first of the succeeding group in 

 point of date, the horse and his rider, are transformed into singular 

 symbols, which only our prior acquaintance with the original could 

 euable us to decypher : the word W\ on the first, and the termination 

 of H amir ah Tift on the other, are still discernible in their usuai 

 position. On the reverse, the characteristic style of the Afghan coin- 

 age is adopted, and the Arabic version, were it completely visible, 

 would evidently be ^r*^l ^ ^'; l ^ (il 1 ^^* ^klJI Ul Sultan 

 Shems ul-dunya va ul-din Altamsh. The reading commences from below. 



Figs. 42 and 44, again exhibit to the right of the horse's head, the 

 name of ^t^Htr: Sri Hamiras, as usual. On fig. 43, it escapes detec- 

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