Section 1.—Coins and Seals. 
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1899.] 
Muhammad Arslan Khan was a son of ‘Ala Nur Khanim. a 
daughter of Satuq Bughra (or Yilik) Khan and wife of Toq Buba 
Khan; he succeeded in or about 411 H. ( = 1049 A.D.) his uncles 
Hasan Bughra, Husain Bughra, and Yusuf Qadir who reigned, in the 
aggregate, twelve years. Both Hasan and Husain, as well as Muham¬ 
mad Arslan’s half-brother Sayyid ‘Ali Arslan Khan were “ martyred ” 
in battle against the “ infidel ” Buddhists of Khotan. See Bellew, 
ibidem , pp. 126-129 and Shaw, ibidem , pp. 334, 335, 339. The term 
Al-mustanjid-billah means ‘ Seeker of help from God.’ 
(c) Ghori Sultans. 
Muhammad bin Sam ; 2 coins ; mixed silver ; like British Museum 
Catalogue (Sultans of Delhi), Plate I, No. 12, (p. 9), also No. 10 in 
Thomas’ Chronicles of the Bathan Kings of Delhi; of the “ Bull and 
Horseman” type; date circa 1195 A.D. ; weight 45*5 and 53 grs., size 
0*625". From G. 4. 
(d) JJrtuqis of Mdridin. 
‘Alau-d-din Kaiqobad ; 1 coin, copper; like British Museum Cata¬ 
logue , Vol. Ill, Plate IX, No. 474 (p. 169, under Nasiru d-din’s coins); 
mint lost, date 630 H. ( = 1232 A.D.) with on the left of the 
central legend of reverse; weight 135*5 grs., size 1*16". Plate I, fig- 
20. M. 2 (?). 
This species of coin seems to have been imitated in making orna¬ 
mental plaques, and guards for binding block-prints ; see below General 
Remarks on Block-prints and Plate IV, figs. 2 and 3. 
(e) Khans of the Golden Horde. 
(1) Jani Beg Khan; 2 coins, silver; like Br. Mus. Cat., Yol. VI, 
Plate VII, No. 388 (p. 133); mint Khwarizm, date 743 H. ( = 1342 
A.D.) ; weight 28*5 grs., size 0*6". From G. 4. 
(2) Bardi Beg Khan ; 1 coin, silver; like ibidem , No. 413 (p. 146) 
mint Khwarizm. date 760 H. ( = 1358 A.D.) ; weight 30*5 grs., size 
0‘6". Plate I, fig. 29. 
(/) House of Timiir. 
(1) Shah Rukh; 1 coin, silver; similar to Br. Mus. Cat., Vol. VII, 
Plate II, No. 61 (p. 24), but adds at beginning of third line, as 
in No. 80 (p. 29) ; mint and date lost (reign 1404-1447 A D.) ; weight 
78 grs.; size 0*875". Plate II, fig. 27. From G. 4. 
(2) Sultan A^mad (1467-1493 A.D.); 1 coin, silver; the same 
as ibidem , No. 61 (p. 24) of Shah Rukh, but counter-struck with a 
