128 J. G. Delmerick — Lists of Bare Muhammadcm Coins. — No. 1. [No. 2, 



Aurangzit). 

 PL IX, 10. Silver. Weight, 175 grs. A. H. 1070. P a t n a. 



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I possess a good many coins of Aurangzib. They show that after the 

 deposition of Shah Jahan in A. H. 1068, some confusion prevailed in the 

 mints of the Empire. For instance at Multan, Ilahabad, Itawah, and 

 Dihli, the coins were after his victory at Samogar at once issued in the 

 name of Aurangzib. At Ahmadabad they were struck indiscriminately in 

 the names of Shah Jahan and Murad Baksh during A. H. 1068, and in the 

 name of Shah Jahan only during A. H. 1069. While, as will be seen from 

 the coin now published, at Patna, owing no doubt to the influence and 

 presence of Shuja' in the vicinity, no coins were struck in the name of 

 Aurangzib until A. H. 1070. 



The statement of Bernier that Aurangzib refrained from any overt 

 assumption of sovereign rights for a year, or until his return from Lahor, 

 is not borne out by his coins. He seems to have immediately assumed 

 those rights, which were certainly recognized as far as his authority 

 extended. 



I may also add here that a silver coin of Aurangzib in my possession, 

 struck at Multan, presents the novel fact that the exclusive use of the 

 word j&° on the gold, and of the word j^ on the silver coins of the earlier 

 period of his reign, was not so strictly observed as on the later coins. The 

 word j#o appears to have been used at the commencement on his gold and 

 silver coins alike. Afterwards this word was used on his gold coins, and^aj 

 on his silver coins only. 



Rafi"-uddaraj a't. 

 PI. IX, 12. Silver. Weight, 174 grs. A. H. 1131. 



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PI. IX, 11. Gold. Weight, 



169 grs. A. H. 1131. 



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