1895.] 
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C. J. Rodgers —Goins of the Kings of Ma'bar, 
These coins supply us with matter for a small history of Ma‘bar 
(j**° ). They give us names and they give us dates. Coins (1) to (3) 
are two varieties of a type of Muhammad bin Tughlaq, not mentioned by 
Thomas and not found in any bazar of Northern India. They are of 
Ma‘bar fabric, and show that that Sultan held sway in the South of India. 
Coin No. (32) is one mentioned by Thomas, but he reads the obverse 
&L/f jA « and his coin is dated 730 H. This type is not in the 
British Museum, neither is it in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. There 
is one in the Lahore Museum, Rodgers’ collection (Muhammad bin 
Tughlaq’s No. 30). But this has no date, and the obverse legend is in a 
double circle and the reverse in a single one. We may regard this coin 
(32), therefore, as a Ma‘bar coin of Muhammad bin Tu gh laq, struck in 
733 H. 
Coin (4) is one of Jalalu-d*dunya-wa-ud-din Ahsan Shah struck 
in 737 H. So is coin (5). Coin (6) is a third variety of the same Sultan. 
Here he calls himself the ‘ Sultan of Sultans.’ The date is given in 
Arabic words in the margin, but the unit word is not plain. The 
‘ thirty,’ is plain. Coin (40) is a fourth type of this king’s coins. 
In Elliot’s History of India, Vol. III., p. 618, we find the following, 
taken from the French translation of Ibn i Batiitah. ‘ The Sultan had 
appointed the Sharif Jalalu-d-din Ahsan Shah to be governor of the 
country of Ma‘bar which is at the distance of six months’ journey from 
Dehli. 1 This Jalalu-d-din rebelled, usurped the ruling power, killed 
the lieutenants and agents of the sovereign, and struck in his own name 
gold and silver money. On one side of the coins 2 there was impressed 
the following (letters) : to'e and lie, ye and sin (these letters, which form 
the titles of the 20th and 26th chapters of the Qu’ran are among the 
epithets bestowed upon Muhammad), and (the words) “ father of faqlrs 
and of the indigent, the glory of the world and of religion.” On the 
other face the following : “ He who puts his trust in the help of the 
all merciful, Ahsan Shah, Sultan.” The Sultan, when he was informed 
of this revolt, set forth to suppress it.’ 
We know that Muhammad bin Tughlaq never got any further than 
Talingana. His army was there attacked by cholera, and he returned to 
Daulatabad. Firishta gives us the year 742 H. as the date of this ex¬ 
pedition and calls the rebel ruler ‘ Sayyid Hasan.’ Now Captain 
Tufnell says the dates 738 and 740 appear on the silver coins of Jalalu- 
d-din. And Ibn-i-Batutah says that when Jalalu-d-din died, ‘he ap¬ 
pointed as his successor, Alaioddin, one of his Amirs. After this, 
1 Farther on he says Ma'bar is three months’ march from the capital of Tilang. 
2 No coins have yet been found bearing these legends. They were probably the 
large silver and gold coins, which the Sarrafs melted down. 
