1870.] Arabic and Persian Inscriptions in the Htigli District. 299 



likewise Niiqrah,* and give the julhs-n&me in full, Ndgiruddin Abul 

 Muzaffar Nucrah Shah. The year mentioned in the above inscription 

 (end of 936) is important. It confirms the statement of the histories 

 that Nucrah Shah reigned eleven years after the death of his 

 father, which would make the date of his death 937 (end) or 988. 



Nucrah's brother was Mahmud, of whom Mr. Laidley has pub- 

 lished a coin dated 933. His jWus-narae is Ghiasuddin Abul 

 Muzaffar Mahmud Shah. The year of the coin and that of the 

 inscription would shew that Bengal was blessed by two rival kings. 

 Mr. Laidley also mentions that some of the coins have the word 

 Jannatabad on them, and it would be of historical interest to know 

 whether that mint occurs on such of Mahmud' s coinsf as were 

 struck before Nucrah's death, because the possession of the capital 

 generally makes a rival the lawful king. 



* The Arabic g^-), assistance, victory, has a zammah above the nun, 

 not afathah. 



f The words within the concentric circle of Mahmud Shah's coin, which Mr. 

 Laidley reads ^AlA, jij^ appear to me to be -jikUi »iiJ badr i slidhi, 

 ' the royal full moon.' Silver coins are compared to the moon, and gold coins 

 to the sun. Hence for example, Aurangzib's silclsah i chun mihr u mdh. 



The correct legend on Marsden's and Laidley's Taiuddin Firuz Shah (Marsden. 

 II., p. 575, and Laidley, I. c, PI. V., No. 17) is— 



which is readily suggested by the saya' or rhyme, of the legend. 



In Marsden's copper Fath Shah (II., p. 574), we observe the form j_.il.UL* 



for ( _ J Lkl« ) as on Jaunptir coins (vide Proceedings As. Soc. Bengal for 

 1870, p. 152). 



The word left out by Mr. Laidley in the obverse of his Ahmad Shah (p. 327) 

 looks like plasty or ^JaA-Jf. 



The title ^llw^t ^jj-ff, °n Marsden and Laidley's Sikandar and A'zam 

 Shah, should be ^ilwjll t^y'^ which is the standing epithet. 



Saifuddin's name as king is not clear on Marsden's plate. It looks like Kibrat 

 Shall, or Kisrd Shah. The title Sultan ussaldtin is not on the coin. 



Marsden's Barbak Shah appears to have on the obverse the word ujj^o and 

 as correctly read by Laidley, &i_yi. on the reverse. The margin evidently 

 contained the names of the first four Khalifahs. The words /5«.LftJ| .*£ 



&»^s [ ^j J^HH'j aucl ^^l [ e^ eA* c 1 are cl ear. The mim in 'Umar, 

 however, is not distinct. 



Laidley's Mahmud Shah (PI. V., No. 18) seems to have on the reverse the 

 following words — 



