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Co J. Rodgers— Coins of the Kings of McSbar. 
his brother’s son Kotboddin came to the supreme rule.’ 1 The coins 
wc have give us the name of ‘Alau-d-dln, Arohar Shah or Aduji 
Shah, and his date in the margin of (8) as 740 H. Coin (9) gives us 
the dates of Qutbu-d-din as 740 (the t® is reversed on the coin) and his 
successor was 1 Ghiyasu-d-dln Damghani, an Amir of Jalalu-d-din to 
whose daughter he was married ; and on coin (10) we find in the margin 
the date 741 H. in Arabic words. Now all this is plain sailing. Jalalu- 
d-din died in 740 H. ‘Aiau-d-din could have reigned but a few months 
of the same year. Qutbu-d-din reigned only 40 days and was mur¬ 
dered by his subjects. 1 His coin is dated 740 H. Damghani succeeded 
him in the same year. Coins (10), (11) and (34) are of this king. 
Coin (12) is one of Nasiru-d-din Mahmud, 1 nephew of Dam gh ani. 
I read his date in the margin as 745 H., but have doubts about the unit 
word. Ibn i Batutah left Ma‘bar in this Sultan’s reign. Coins (J3) (14) 
(15) (16) and (17) are of ‘Adil Shah. He calls himself the “meek” 
( ) Sultan on (14). On this coin is a date in the margin 759 H. 
Three marks on the obverse may be vdv, but they arc probably diacri¬ 
tical marks. 
Coins (18) to (21) have no king’s name on them, but they have 
dates 765, 767, 770. «$D| or ‘ The Elect of God ’ and 
‘ the slave of the Chosen-one ’ are the names or titles on these coins. Now 
(31) is of the date 765H., and gives the name of the king as Mubarak 
Shah, King of the World ^ and his title on the other 
side is with an addition or ‘ the Glory of the 
King of kings.’ Coins (23) (26) (27) (28) help us in this assignment 
of all these to one king —Mubarak Shah. 
There are three other dated coins (29) and (30) of j*. or 
‘ The elect of the Merciful,’ Sikandar Shall. One is dated 774 H : (22) is 
of the same type, but is dated 779 H. (35) is another type of this king’s 
coins. 
We have still left two coins (24) and (25) of Nasratu-d-din and 
Sliamsu-d-din respectively.* These coins are of persons of whom we 
know absolutely nothing. There are no other types of them to help us 
with dates. 
Coin (36) is still left to be considered. Its legends are plain 
*12. cR* 4**| j LWf^U. Amongst the nobles who rebelled 
1 Dr. Lee’s Ibn i Batutah, Chap. XX. 
2 Firishta has, J*# j 
This may be the man who struck (24). It is within the bounds of possibility that 
(24) and (3b) were struck by one and the same king. 
