Shah Nuru-d-din Jahangir. 
19 
1888.] 
The month Aban comes under the first line and the year 44 under 
the second one in one rupee I have. Another one has Far war din month 
and year 45. A third I have has neither year nor month. 
There is a mohur extant, but very rarely met with, of Akbar’s. It 
was struck at Agra towards the latter end of his reign. Mr. Theobald 
of Bedford has one of the 44th ildhi year. I have one of Isfanddrmuz, 
49th year ildhi Mr. Delmerick* edited one of 50th year ildhi, month 
Khurdad, but which he reads il jaids 5.” Now Akbar began to use the 
Ilahi year and Persian months in his 30th year on his coins, and he never 
used the word jalus. This word began to be used by Jahangir (see 
Marsden PI. XL and XLI). Akbar uses ildhi instead of jalus. I have 
seen Mr. Delmerick’s mohur. It reads distinctly <&♦ that is 50. 
The couplet on the mohur is :— 
O'bv. j) t 8^ j&° 
Bev. **2**4 jyj jy^l [) j 
i. e., ‘ The sun of the seal of Akbar Shall is the honour of this gold 
(coin) as long as the earth and the sky is adorned with the luminous sun. 
Struck at Agra. Isfandarmuz—49 Ilahi. ’ 
The mint occupies the lowest line and is no part of the couplet. 
On the reverse the month and year are out of the poetry. 
When Jahangir came to the throne the Amiru-l-Omara composed a 
couplet, which I have seen on round and square rupees struck in Lalior 
and on round rupees of Akbarnagar, Kashmir, and Qandahar. It is 
as follows :— 
Obv. y hjj) lc)) 
Bev. b ^^ j & $ t J 
i. e., c Shah Nuru-d-din Jahangir, son of Akbar Badshah, has rendered 
the face of gold shining like the sun and the moon.’ 
In the Tuzak-i-Jahangiri we are told that Asaf Khan was ordered 
to make the following couple of baits on large gold coins, one on the 
obverse and one on the reverse :—■ 
Obverse 
r 
i 
> 
i. e ., £ The divine pen has written on (this) gold (coin) in bright 
characters Shah Nuru-d-din Jahangir.’ 
Beverse 
JhA dy^ y^ 
if ujfi 
i. e., 1 The world became illuminated by this coin as by the sun, 
(consequently) Aftdb-i-mamlakat is the date.’ 
* Journal A. S. B. Yol. XLY, Pt. I, 1876, p. 292, and PI. V, fig. 6. 
