56 
IBN BATUTAH IN SOUTHERN INDIA. 
raising tlie standard of revolt against his suzerain in Dellii, 
struck coins both in silver and copper. The latter of these 
are fairly common and are shown as tig. 1 in the accom- 
panying plate. On the obverse they bear the name of the 
ruler (^^iJ-J^ 5^ and on the reverse ^ yUJ— 3V No 
date occurs on any copper issues yet found, but on the only 
two silver pieces known, the date 738 and 740 appear iu 
conjunction with his full name '^"^ ^>~-=^\ (^^^Jl^. On his death 
he was succeeded by one of his emirs, whom Ibn Battitah 
wrongly calls 'Ala-ad-dm adaiji, his real name evidently 
being Adtiji, a copper coin of his, figured as No. 3, bearing 
this name most distinctly : obverse yU=LJ\ sU reverse 
LjjJ\;k i^>'ii\}. Of his successor Kutb-ad-din as yet only two 
coins have been found, owing doubtless to the fact that his 
reign extended only to forty days. This is figured as No. 4 
and is most important as supplying a date : obverse U-^^s-i=i 
reverse ^^'^ 3^;*i (Firuz Shah, 746). On his mur- 
der by his subjects, Ghyas-ad-din, surnamed first Siraj-ad- 
din (a name which however occurs on none of his coins), 
and subsequently, according to Ibn Batutah, Aldamghani 
W^) succeeded, and his coins in copper (No. 5) occur : 
obverse tH-^b W-^^*^^, reverse ^S\y\i=LJU A billon coin 
of this ruler is also known, and is figured as No. 6, but here 
again we have further proof of Ibn Batutah's careless ortho- 
graphy. In the centre of the obverse the name plainly reads 
aU. yVi^U A^jj^ (Muhammad Ddmghdn Shah) and on the 
reverse (i^i-^^j Uj.x5\v3Uc y\y~J\. Had we no further evi- 
dence we might, 1 think, fairly attribute this coin to the 
so-called Aldamghani. Fm-ther proof, however, is at hand 
in a billon issue No. 7. In the centre of the obverse of 
this we find the name (:)i>^^^ Uiji^^iU (Nasii'-ad-din) and on 
the reverse aVi, a.*^ (Muhammad Damghan 
Shah, the Sultan) and from Ibn Batutah we know that 
Nasir-ad-din was his successor's name. Unfortunately the 
margin is, in both these coins, too much cut off to be legible, 
