50 Tlie Initial Coinage of Bengal. [No. 1, 



of the present series is contributed by coin No. 9, in the legends of 

 which Bahadur acknowledges the supremacy of Muhammad bin 

 Tughlak over Eastern Bengal during a.h. 628.* The subjection 

 seems, however, to have been of brief duration, as sometime in or 

 after the year a.h. 730 Bahadur appears to have reverted to an 

 independent coinage, in a new capital called after his own title 

 Ghidspur (coin No. 8), and in a.h. 733 Muhammad bin Tughlak is 

 found issuing his own coin in Bengal, and Bahadur, defeated and put 

 to death, contributed an example to insurgent governors in his own 

 skin, which was stuffed and paraded through the provinces of the 

 empire. 



iv. Bahadur Shah. 

 No. 7. 

 Lakhnauti, a. h. 710?, 711, 712, 7-3, 7-4,f break 720, 721, 722. 



Silver. Size, vii. to viii. "Weight, ordinarily, 166 grs. ; one 

 example is as high as 167.5 grs. Rare. 



Obv. Rev. 



Margin, ^V* *■**•* *^l ***** (^/h^ ifiy*** a^^I^a ^j*& 





* Ibn Batutala gives the following additional particulars of Bahadur's rein- 

 stallation : — " II [Muhammad bin Tughlak] lui fit de nombreux cadeaux en 

 argent, chevaux, elephants, et le renvoya dans son royaume. II expedia avec 

 lui le fils de son frere, Ibrahim Khan ; il couvint avec Behadour Bourah qu'ils 

 possederaient le dit royaume par egales moities ; que leurs noms figureraient 

 ensemble sur les monnaies ; que la priere serait faite en leur nom commun, et 

 que Ghiyath eddin enverrait son fils Mohammed dit Berbath (is^^), comme 

 otage pres du souverain de l'lnde. Ghiyath eddin partit, et observa toutes le3 

 promesses qu'il avait faitesj seulement il n'envoya pas son fils, comme il avait 

 ete stipule. II pi^etendit que ce dernier s'y etait refuse, et, dans son discours, 

 il blessa les convenances. Le souverain de l'lnde fit marcher au secours dn 

 fils de son frere, Ibrahim Khan, des troupes dont le commandant etait Doldjf 



altatiry (^ jSSJl^s^^y Elles combattirent Ghiyath eddin et le tuerentj elles 



le depouillerent de sa peau, qu'on rembourra de paille, et qu'on promena ensuite 

 dans les provinces." — Vol. iii. p. 316. 



f The dates 7-3, 7-4, may perchance be obliterated records of 723 and 724. 

 I have placed them among the lower figures, but I have no sanction for 

 retaining them in that position. 



