300 H. Blochmann — History and Geography of Bengal. — No. III. [No. 3, 



Marsden gives a fine specimen of Muhammad Shah's coinage, dated 

 962, which gives the full name of the king ; but he makes the name of the 

 mint town to be Arkat. I have no doubt that the correct reading is 

 SunargaoD. 



XXVIII. Baha'dur Shall (II). 



(962 to 968 H., or A. D. 1555 to 1561.) 



His full name is not known to me : the coins which I have seen, had 

 their margin cut away. Badaoni (I, 433) calls him Muhammad Bahadur. 

 The period of his reign appears to be well ascertained ; the historians give 

 962 to 968, and General Cunningham tells me that he has coins of 905, 

 967, and 968. 



Parganahs Bahadurpur and Bahadur Shahi in Sirkar Tanda, appear to 

 be called after him. The Sirkar bears unmistakeable traces of financial 

 changes made during the Afghan period ; for, besides Bahadurpur and 

 Bahadurshahi, we have Sherpur and Sher Shahi, Sulaimanabad and Sulai- 

 manshahi, and Daudshahi. 



The most important event in Bahadur Shah's reign is his war with 

 'Adli. Driven out of Agrah, Itawah, and Kalpi, and having lost his great 

 general Himun, 'Adli retreated to Jaunpur, Banaras, and Fort Chanar, 

 and eventually to South Bihar, which since Islam Shah's reign had been 

 held by Miyan Sulaiman Kararani. Bahadur Shah, who after the death of 

 his father and the rout at Chhapparghattah, had retired to Jhosi, opposite 

 Ilahabad, on the left bank of the Ganges, where he celebrated his julus, 

 hastened to Gaur and defeated an officer of the name of Shahbaz Khan, 

 who had declared for 'Adli. Having firmly established himself in Bengal, 

 he wisely left Miyan Sulaiman in possession of South Bihar, and thus 

 found him a willing ally when he marched against 'Adli, anxious to 

 avenge the death of his father. The decisive battle, according to the Tarikh 

 i Daudi, was fought " at the stream of Surajgarh, nearMunger". The 

 stream of Surajgarh is the Kiyol Nacli, and Surajgarh stands at the conflu- 

 ence of the Kiyol and the Ganges, 17 miles W. W. S. of Munger. About 4 

 miles west of Surajgarh and the Kiyol, we find on Sheet 112 of the Indian 



is 15 miles. The Tarikh i Ddudi (Dowson IV, 507) says that Chhapparghattah lies 11 

 Jcos from Kalpi. The Tabaqdt i AJcbari (Dowson V, 245) has 15 kos from Agrah, which 

 is impossible. 



In Dowson V, 244, 1. 20, for Sikandar Khan, ruler of Bengal, read Muhammad 

 Khan Sur, ruler of Bengal ; and for the village of Mandakar [Dowson, IV, 507, 

 ' Marhakhar'], read the village of Mindakur, or Minrakur. Minrakur, the Mirka- 

 koor of the maps, lies W. of Agrah, towards Fathpur Sikri. It belonged to Sultan 

 Salimab Begam (Bairam Khan's widow married by Akbar), who lies buried there in 

 ber garden. Tuzuk, p. 113. 



