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C. J. Rodger's— Couplets or 1 Baits' on the coins of [No. 1,* 
A rupee in tlie possession of J. D. Tremlett, Esq., lias the following 
unique couplet. Tlie mint is Labor, and the years are 6 and 1020. 
Obv. jyf ** i * r ♦ 
Rev. 25 b»» jjy j *| 
i. e., 1 In the month of Farwardin the gold of Lahor became an 
object of jealousy to the bright moon through the light of the stamp of 
Jahangir Shah, the son of Akbar Shah.’ 1 
Three rupees in my small collection have the following couplet. 
Zarb-i-Ahmadabad comes along with the first line, and Tir 2, Di 5 and 
Agar 5 along with the second, one month and year on each rupee. 
Obv. jj y 
Rev. y$l ciLhL* *• r y3 - d - d jif 
i. e., ‘ The lord of the kingdom, Salim Sliah, Sultan (son of) Akbar 
Shah, put a stamp on gold.’ 
The following is common enough. I have four or five rupees 
with it. 
Obv. cJAL; jt aCvo 
i. e., ‘ Shah Nuru-d-din Jahangir, son of Akbar Sliah, stamped 
the coin through the blessings of God, at Ahmadabad,’ 
My cabinet has only one rupee with the following couplet, without 
a year, the mint is Allahabad. 
c 1 p . 
Obv. <vi j y j y 
Rev. ^ p(i j 
i. e., ‘ May the brightness of the gold and the coin of Allahabad be 
lasting in the name of Jahangir Shah, (son of) Akbar Shall.’ 
The following is also in my cabinet. It is of the Ajmir mint, and 
the years are 9 and-1023. 
c Obv. jj jjj9 ^,1.^ 
Rev, j 
i. e., ‘ The gold coin became the light of the world at Ajmir by the 
light of the name of Jahangir Sliah, (son of) Akbar Shah.’ 
The Qandahar rupees of Jahangir are of two kinds : those with' 
Ilahi years and Persian months, and those with the following :— 
Obv. JjbMS £&* 
Rev. ^iS\ - *l $* ji 
i. e., £ The coin of Qandahar became pleasant through Jahangir Shah 
(son of) Akbar Shah.’ - 
