IN SOUTHERN INDIA. 
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There is, however, one notable instance in wliich these 
do not hold good. On the accession of Tipu to his father's 
throne in Mysore, he greatly enlarged the number and variety 
of coins in circulation in his dominions ; and, being a man 
withal of an inventive turn of mind, started an era of his own, 
which counted not from the flight but from the conversion of 
Mahomed twelve years before the Hijrah. Hence it is no 
unusual thing to find coins of Tipu's to all appearance pos- 
thumous. This system he was pleased to christen Muludie 
and in it the numbers read from right to left.. A specimen of 
this I figure as No. 26, on the reverse of which appears " Sun 
Muludie 1226 O^v^ o'^yr* i^) corresponding to 1811 of our 
reckoning, whereas Tipu completed the sum of his iniquities 
in A.D. 1799. 
During his reign, two distinct systems of coins were in 
use in Mysore — the mohurs and rupees of the Mahomedans 
side by side with the pagodas and fanams of the Hindu. 
The former of these included double, single and half gold 
mohurs (though as far as I can learn there is no specimen 
^ of the first extant) and double, single and 
half rupees. The whole series (known as 
the " Sultani ") resembles very closely the double rupee I 
figure as No. 27, though the inscriptions on all vary slightly 
in minor details. The usual inscription is as follows : — 
" \X" 1^ i^Sf^ O^- '^J^ j"*^ J'* J 
by Hyder's victories is the faith of Ahmad made bright in 
^1 Mir Hussein Ali Khan Kirmani, in his history of the reign of Tipu (a 
continuation of the " Neshani Hyduri "), says: "The institution of the 
Muhammadi year, which is thirteen years more than, or exceeding that of, 
the Hijri, it being reckoned from the conclusion of the prophet's office 
and the commencement of the duties of his mission (the office of prophet 
and that of a particular mission are considered distinct) , being previously 
arranged and ready, was now made current throughout the whole extent 
of the Sultan's dominions." 
Hence, in Article II of the " Treaty of peace between the confederated 
powers and Tipu Sultan," we read, " Three kroor and thirty lak of rupihs 
to be paid by Tippoo Sultan in gold mohurs, pagodas, or bullion." 
