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The reading of Area II. (p. 607), as given in Marsden, is correct, 

 its metre is the Mutaqdrib i sdlim. 



Hence also on p. 605, we may write shabih for Marsden's shibh, 

 especially as shibh, in the sense of shabih, is rare. The above inscrip- 

 tion is also interesting from a grammatical point of view, because the 

 metre proves that hazrat takes the IrJfat. 



2. Marsden, p. 619. One of Jahangir' s zodiacal coins (cancer). 

 Marsden sees neither metre, nor rhyme, and reads 



But from his plates, it is clear that we should read 



which is a Mutaqdrib verse, zare ah V , madabd u , darddd 



V , da zewar u , &c. Marsden adds, " The title of shahinsh/ih 



I rex regum,' given to the Emperor's father, had not before occurred." 

 This is fully explained by the metre ; for the words Ahbar Shah, 

 which occur on other coins, will not suit the metre Mutaqdrib, because 

 they are a niolossus . 



3. Marsden, pp. 622, 624, 625, 633. All these inscriptions are 

 in the metre Ehafif, with two long syllables in the last foot, viz., 

 — O |u — U — | . On p. 624, Marsden translates wrong 



II Moneta (civitatis) Agrah dat auro decorem ex {mandato) Jahangir 

 Shah, &c. Az Jahangir, however, does not mean ex mandato J., but 

 nomine J., l by means of J.'s name.' 



4. Marsden, p. 634. His reading is correct ; the metre is Hazaj 

 i 31aqcur V , U , O . 



5. Marsden, p. 635. A coin with Niir Jahan's name on it. 

 Marsden and Thomas (Useful Tables, p. 49) read the first line — 



But the inscription is a verse in the metre Mujtass, as on Major 

 Stubbs' coin, and we have to put the word 8U beforejA&lf^ and read 



1 By order of Shah Jahangir, (this) gold coin has received an hun- 



Capt. Cautley together with several Hindu coins, &c., in the ancient ruins of 

 Behatj near Saharnnpur. As Prinsep shews that the coins refer to the first 

 centuries of the Christian Era (p. 84), tlio bead would appear to enjoy a high 

 antiquity. A similar bead was found in a Cromlech at Coorg. (Vide Dr. Old- 

 ham's paper in the Proceedings of the Society for September lSGy.) Tiifi 

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