PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OP BENGAL 



for October, 1869. 



A meeting of the Society was held on Wednesday, the 6th Instant, 

 at 9 o'clock, p. m. 



The Hon'ble J. P. Norman, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were announced — 



1. From Maulawi Kga, Ahmad 'Ali, two copies of Risdlah i Tard- 

 nah } and two copies of Shamsher i Teztar. 



2. From Major F. W. Stubbs, Umritsir, Two silver coins of Ja- 

 hangir. 



Mr. Blochmann said — 



The two coins which Major Stubbs has presented to the Society, 

 are rupees struck by Jahangir (1605 to 1627). The coins are well 

 preserved and are of interest, because, as Major Stubbs observes in 

 his letter which accompanied the donation, they have not been de- 

 scribed by Marsden in his Numismata Orientalia. The inscription is 

 on Area I. j^j^^ &1& jxt-il^ ^ f\ij 

 on Area II. jj*>$ <&*> ^^ y, fo^ «-£jj*a 



" Through the name of Shah Jahangir, son of Shah Akbar, light 



May always be on the face of the coinage of Lahor." 

 i. e. : May the lustre of the name of Shah Jahangir, son of Akbar Shah, 

 for ever rest on the coinage of Labor. 



The second area also contains the year | q&i-v», the 19th year of his 

 reign, or 1034 A. H. (A. D. 1623). ( Fide Plate VII.) 



