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C. J. Rodgers —The Coins of Ahmad Shah Abddlli. [No. 1, 
Meer Mnnnoo grew strong in Lahore. He became almost inde¬ 
pendent of Dehli, and tlie tribute he had promised to the Durrani king 
in order to persuade him to retire, he never paid. This brought Ahmad 
Sliah again to the Panjab. Meer Munnoo waited for him under the 
walls of Lahore where a battle was fought, the result of which was, that 
he was taken prisoner. When brought before the conqueror, he was 
asked, “ Had you taken me prisoner, what should you have done ?” 
“ Cut off your head and sent it to my master the Emperor of Dehli,” 
was his answer. “ Now I have you in my power, what shall I do with 
you ?” was the next question. He replied “ If you are a tyrant destroy 
me, if you are merciful forgive me.” This so pleased the Durrani that 
he was reinstated as governor of Lahore. All the treasure of Lahore 
fell into Ahmad Shah’s hands. Lahore and Multan fell under the sway 
of the Afghans. These matters occupied the 3rd, 4th and 5th years of 
the king’s reign. The second coin drawn illustrates this conquest of 
Lahore. The obverse is occupied by the Persian couplet. The reverse 
has the following inscription :— 
ijpy* ■ /0 
I have two rupees of Ahmad Shah of Dehli struck at Lahore in his 
4th and 5th years 1164 and 1165 A. H. So his power was not alto¬ 
gether gone. 
The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th coins illustrate the hold the Durrani king 
kept on the annexed province of Multan and the trans-Indus provinces 
Of Nos. 3 and 4 I give only the reverses. They are as follows 
No. 4. cA+A/o V ***** 
No. 5 is unique :— 
Obverse v 25^ otje 
Reverse 1167 I I *!V 
No. 6 is a beautiful coin belonging to Sir Edward Clive Bayley who 
kindly gave me permission to copy it: 
Obverse in lozenge :— II V♦ *+^1 jO 
Round this is the Persian couplet, and the date | | v*. 
Reverse :— <jwp^ cj 
Besides the above I have a rupee of Multan of his 5th year and 
one of the 7th. Also one of Rhakhhar of the 7tli year, which shows that 
these parts were under the sway of the Durrani king. There is a rupee 
of the 10th year struck at Lahore , in the British Museum. 
