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C. J. Rodgers— Coins of the Kings of Ma'bar. [No. 1, 
coin. I met with the name of Ism'ail Fath in reading the story of 
Hasan Gango. 
We may now sum up what these coins teach us. They simply 
record the fact (1) that Muhammad bin Tughlaq held possession of 
Ma‘bar, and (2) that the following kings reigned there :— 
Jalalu-d-din Ahsan Shah 
‘Alau-d-dm Arofyar or Aduji Shah 
Qutbu-d-dln Firuz Shah 
Ghiyasu-d-din Muhammad Dam- 
ghan Shah ... ... ... 
Nasiru-d-din Muhammad Shah ... 
‘Adil Shah, the Meek 
Mubarak Shah, King of the World 
Ac. ... ... «»• 
‘Alau-d-dln Sikandar Shah 
Nasratu-d-dln 
Shamsu-d-din ... ... 
Nasiru-d-dln Ism'all Fath 
737 — 740 H. 
740 H. 
740 H. 
740 H to— 
745 H. 
759 H. 
• 
765—770 H. 
774—779 H. 
(in Beder ?) 
747-8 H. (in Gulburga.) 
Captain Tufnell in “ Hints to Coin Collectors in Southern India” 
was the first to bring these coins to notice. I think that if he had had 
better coins he would have avoided some mistakes in the coins of the 
latter kings. He did not read one margin: we have seen that they 
afford considerable help as they yield dates. He took for 
and for the name of a king. Muhammad Mustafa and 
Khadim i Mustafa were also made into kings. We know them only as 
names or titles assumed by the very pious but somewhat vainglorious 
Mubarak Shah. Fakhr and Shah Jahan were made into kings also, 
by Captain Tufnell. Two coins not in our plates were given by him ; 
one hason one side with an illegible margin; on the reverse is 
in a circle. Another has in large letters on one side ; the 
other side is not given. A third coin seems to read I j LWfjar* and 
If this be correct we must admit Fakhru-d-din into 
the list of kings of Ma‘bar. 
I may add that it was from Captain Tufnell and from Messrs T. 
M. Ranga Chari, B. A., and T. Desika Chari, B. A., that I first of all be¬ 
came acquainted with these coins. The coins in my Lahore Collection, 
from South India, came from these three gentlemen. 
The present paper owes its existence solely to the courtesy of the 
Rev. J. E. Tracy, M.A. 
