284 C. J. Rodgers—The Copper Coins of Kashmir. [No. 4, 
971. 1563. Husain Shah. 
986. 1578. Yusuf Shah. 
997. 1588. Annexation of Kashmir by Akbar. 
Up to the present I have seen neither silver nor copper coins of one 
of the first five Sultans. The coins in our Plate XIII begin with Sikandar 
Shah. 
No.1. This coin has the name and titles of the king with bar and 
knot on the obverse, and on the reverse the legend in Arabie of Zarb-i- 
Kashmir fi shahir i san. But the year is not legible. There are many 
features of the reign of each king which it would be interesting to notice, 
but I will confine myself to the coins. 
No. 2. Zain-ul Abidin. Obverse. Name and titles of king, with por. 
tions of a knot at the top. Reverse. The words Zarb Kashmir in a quar- 
terfoil, crossing each other. Date on obverse illegible. 
No. 8. Same king. Obverse. Name and titles of king, without bar 
and knot, in a doublecircle, surrounded with a circle of dots. Reverse. 
Zarb-i- Kashmir fi Shahiir i sani ahd wa arbain wa Saménmdéita = 841 
A. H. 
No. 4. Same king. Obverse, Zain ul-Abidin Sultan, no bar or knot. 
Reverse. Zarb Naib i Amir ul Momanin. 851 A. H. 
This king was to Kashmir pretty much what Firdz Shah and Akbar 
were to India. He was a great builder and poet. He got the Mahabhara- 
ta translated into Persian and was a patron of learned men. The rulers of 
Mecca and Egypt, of Gilan, fran and Tiirdn kept up correspondence with 
him. He is the only Sultan who calls himself the Waib of the Amir ul- 
Momanin. 
No. 5. Haidar Shih. Obverse. Name and titles of king with bar 
and knot and the year illegible. Reverse. Zarb.........fi....e0- sabain wa 
saminmdita = 87—. The 4 on the obverse is distinct ; this according to the 
tables, it ought to be 7. I have two coins of this king. The reverses give 
no help in solving this difficulty. The second coin has the year on the 
obverse worn off, 
No. 6. Hasan Shéh. Obverse. Name and titles of king, bar and 
knot. Reverse. The usual legend, but illegible. 
No. 7. Muhammad Shih. This man began to reign when he was 
seven years old. Fath Shah the grandson of Zain ul-Abidin came from 
India and took the throne. These two kings went on fighting for the 
supreme power for many years. Fath Shah gained the throne three times 
but Muhammad Shah at last drove him away and sat for the fourth time — 
on the throne of his father. The coin has on the obverse the usual name 
and titles with bar and knot. Reverse. The year looks like 895. If so 
this coin was struck during the first period Muhammad reigned. 
