The Initial Coinage of Bengal. 

 GOVERNORS OF BENGAL— continued. 



31 



NAMES OF GOVERNORS. 



8. u [kis Jj^° vi**^ 



9. \i)\& J^j^ vi*J\j+> 



10. £k)y„ ^J\ jk 1 ^ 



11. dj*~««> 



12. ^jy v^> vlA^y 





Pledges his allegiance to Riziyh on 

 her elevation in a. h. 634; continues 

 in the Government till 642 a. ii., 

 when he surrenders the kingdom to 

 No. 9. (Minhdj-ul-Siraj, the his- 

 torian, was at his court at this 

 latter period. 



Obtains possession of Lakhnauti on 

 the 5th Zul Kaad, a. h. 642 — dies 

 in 644. 



Dates uncertain. First appointed 

 during the reign of Nasir-ud-dfn 

 Mahmtid of Dehlf. He seems to 

 have been a powerful ruler and a 

 daring commander, and finally met 

 his death in his retreat from an 

 over-venturesome expedition into 

 Kiimrup. He had previously as« 

 sumed independence under the title 



13. 



14. 



,1a. ^lUj! ^h 







15. Jj*±> iy*^l 





16. &*hy*U ^ [fi 



( ^LL^Ixi 



ofl^^l 



Appointed in a. h. 656. 



subsequently in temporary posses- 

 sion). 



Recognised, on receipt of his tribu- 

 taiy presents at head- quarters, in 

 the early part of A. H. 657. 



Obtains a momentary advantage over 

 No. 12 in his absence from hia 

 Capital ; eventually taken prisoner 

 and superseded by No. 12. 



Son of No. 12.* On the accession of 

 Balban in a. h. 664, he forwards 

 elephants and tribute to Dehli. 



Appointed by Balban.f He after- 

 wards asserts his independence, 

 and assumes the title of 



Balban sends armies against him 

 without success, and at last pro- 

 ceeds in person to Bengal. Finally, 

 Toghral is surprised and killed. 



Second son of Balban, installed with 

 royal honors. 



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* Zia-i-Barni in one place, page 53, calls him jj'jL 

 and again, at page 66. ^tiJoftf ^(^ j& !jj! ^ 

 f Zia-i-Barni, pp. 82-92. 







