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dred ornaments through (i. e., by having on it) the name of Nur 

 Jahan, the Queen Begum." Marsden, following Wilkins, translates 

 pddishdh begum by imperatoris consors, the Emperor's Begum ; but 

 pddishdh begum, according to a rule observed in all Arian languages, is 

 a begum who is a pddishdh. not for example, a Nawab Begum, a begum 

 who only has the title of Nawab ; hence we should translate iniveratrix f 

 Queen Begum. 



6. Marsden, p. 645, 1. 1. A coin of Shah Jahan. Marsden reads — 



The second hemistich has neither sense, nor metre, nor ortho- 

 graphy ; for there is no form fU*| which means nomina. Marsden's 

 plate shews that w.e have to read the second hemistich 



and his translation, (super) monetam furbisj Shahjalianabad per 

 mundum diffusam, aeterni sint nomina secundi domini conjunctionis, 

 ought to be corrected to moneta (urbis) Shahjalianabad in aeternum 

 sit diffusa per mundum, nomine augusto domini conjunctionis, Shah- 

 jahan's title being Cdhib qirdn, or Dominus conjunctionis. 

 The metre of the inscription is Bamal. 



7. Marsden, p. 648. A silver coin of Aurangzeb. For Mars- 

 den's first line 



we have to either to read s with Thomas (U. T., p. 46), or put the 

 fourth word second, 



which is a hemistich in the Khafif metre. 

 So also in Marsden, p. 652, 1 7 from below. 



8. Marsden, p. 651. Marsden says that the legend of this coin 

 (a quarter rupee) is imperfect. The metre helps us to conjecture what 

 the reading must be — 



— which is, as usual, a verse in Khafif. 

 Shah Aurangzeb Alamgir 

 Struck coins in the world which are as (bright as) the full moon. 



9. Marsden, p. 655, a gold coin of Muhammad A'zam Shah. 

 Marsden reads — 



