167 
1890.] A. F. R. Hoornle — Copper Goins of the Siiri Dynasty. 
oHJlJl 
Obv. 
Bet\ 
A 
diJUo |«lLwt 
J iijjl .ijA 
Instead of perhaps (j'lt'Jl should he read, as on some 
specimens there is a distinct dot over the 
The mint, as read by Mr. Rodgers, is Buhdndiyah. I am not 
satisfied as to its correctness ; nor can I identify the place. Mr. Rodgers 
suggests that it may be intended for Ludhiand. 
On the reverse, Mr. Rodgers reads (^j (bin) what I road Shah ; viz., 
the cross bar. There is a distinct » he at the end of the bar, on the 
left side ; and I am satisfied that my reading is correct. 
Dams of Muhammad Shah. 
Muhammad Shah reigned from A. H. 960 — 964 = A. D. 1552 — 1556. 
He bears also the name of ’Adil Shah, which is found, however, only on 
his silver coins. (See, however, below.) 
Type I, lettered surface on obv. and rev. ; the legends exactly 
as on No. 366 in Thomas’ Chronicles, except that on all my specimens 
Abul Mujdhid is given as the ‘ kunyat ’ of the king, instead of Abul 
Muzaffar, as Thomas has it. Both kunyats are occasionally used by 
the same king. I have brought forward several other instances in this 
Journal, vol. LII, pp. 212—216. Mr. Rodgers, in a MS. list of coins, 
HOW in the Indian Museum in Calcutta, also mentions a coin of this 
type of Muhammad Sluih with the kunyat Abul Muzaffar. All the 
specimens in the present collection, however, show the kunyat Abul 
Mujdhid. As, I believe, no coin of this type has ever been figured, I give 
an illustration of it in Plate V, fig. 40. It is dated 961. Its legends 
run as follows : 
Obv. 
V L5’ 
)jl.i 0,^.^ 
AkU Ail I iXU. 
