32 Dr. Hoerule— New or rare Muhammadan and Eindu Coins. [No. 1, 



It was struck at Delhi, in the year 791. The mint is distinct on 

 the margin, but the date is only partially preserved. There can be no 

 doubt, however, of its being a coin of Tughlaq II., and not of Tughlaq I., 

 on account of the mention of the Khalif Abi 'Abdullah. This Khalif 

 only ascended the throne in 763 A. H., while Tughlaq I. died already 

 in 725 A. H. Abi 'Abdullah's Khalifat lasted, with interruptions, down 

 to 808 A. H. This identification I owe to Mr. Chas. J, Rodgers, of 

 the Archaeological Survey, to whom I showed the coin. 



The second (PI. IV, No. 3) reads as follows : 



Obv. Rev. 



Margin, on reverse : illegible. 



This coin is also shown to be one of Tughlaq II., by the mention 

 of the Khalif Al Mutawakkal 'AH Allah, who is the same as the above 

 mentioned Abi 'Abdullah. The execution of this coin is rather crude, 

 especially of the word Abu-l-Muzaffar. 



3, One coin of Abu Bakr, the son of Zafar Khan and grandson 

 of Firiiz Shah. He succeeded Tughlaq II., but only reigned for a little 

 more than a year, from 791 to 792 A. H. In Thomas' Chronicles 

 (p. 303) he is noticed as the twenty-second king, but only copper or 

 silver copper coins of his are described. The present collection contains 

 one gold coin, which reads as follows (Plate IV, No. 4) : 



Obv. Rev. 



There are faint traces of a margin on the reverse, which probably 

 gave the mint and date. 



4, One coin of Sikandar bin Ilyas, one of the independent kings 

 of Bengal. For some account of him, see this Journal, vol. XXXVI 

 p. 58, and vol. XLII, p. 256. So far as I am aware, only silver coins 

 of his have hitherto been discovered ; they have been described and 

 figured by E. Thomas, in vol. XXXVI. The coin in the present collec- 

 tion is of gold, and reads as follows (Plato IV, No. 5) : 



