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C. J. Rodgers— Couplets or 1 Baits* on the coins of [No. 1, 
Between the lines of the obverse inscription the Kalimali was 
written, while between the lines of the reverse were to come the name 
of the mint and the year of jalus and the Hijri year. These gold coins 
were of 100, 50, 20, and 10 tolahs. I have never seen one, and never 
heard of one being in existence. The words Aftdb-i Mamlalcat give 
the date 1014 A. H., the date of Jahangir’s 1st year. 
The first mention of a Persian month I find on a beantifnl moliur 
(square) of Jahangir’s. The month is A'ban and the year 5. Mint A'gra. 
Obv. 6 ***• cJJ® to 
Rev. ^->1 fclA I •! ^ 
i. e ., ‘ In the month of A'ban the shadow of God, Shah Nuru-d-din, 
son of Akbar Shah, stamped this coin at Agra. 1019 A. H., the 5th 
year of jalus* 
This moliur is in my cabinet. Mr. Theobald of Bedford has a 
duplicate. 
Another couplet of the same year has the month Bahman and mint 
Lahor. My coin is a round rupee, several duplicates are known. 
Obv. fcbo jj&y j) & 
Rev. ^9 Jy 3 { * | S 
i. e., ‘ In the month of Bahman the gold of Lahor became like the lu¬ 
minous moon, in the reign of Shah Nuru-d-din Jahangir, son of Akbar 
Shah. 1019 A. H., 5th year.’ 
Two square rupees in my cabinet have the month Isfandarmuz of 
the 5th year. The first is of the Agra mint, the second of Lahor, both 
of 1019. 
Obv. fjy. dj A , ' C J & 
Rev. I^1*1^ 
i. e ., ‘ In the month of Isfandarmuz the Monarch of the age, Shah 
Jahangir, son of Akbar Shah, has stamped this coin on gold at A'°ra. 
1019 A. H., 5th year.’ 
Obv. f)j 3 ^ $ 
Rev. t gLw |4/o' 1*1*) 
i. e., ‘In the month of Isfandarmuz the Monarch of the people, Shah 
Jahangir, son of Akbar Shah, stamped this coin on gold at Lahor. 1019 
A. H., 5th year.’ 
I have two other square rupees of Lahor mintage. The months are 
Tir and Lrdibihisht, the years 6 and 1020. 
