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C. J. Rodgers —The Coins of Ahmad Shah Abdalli. [No. 1, 
of his own capital. Ahmad Sliah stayed in all about 40 days in Dehli, 
coin No. 7 of my plates illustrates this short period. 
Obv . — The Persian couplet and the year $ { v • . 
HeV . - OA,*.a/c | | 
I have seen rupees apparently from the same dies. As Ahmad 
Shah was in Dehli only 40 days, it is not at all wonderful that I have a 
rupee of Alamgir II struck in his 4th year 1170 A. H., the year of 
Ahmad Shah’s invasion. During this occupation of Dehli Mathura was 
plundered. Its idols and temples were overthrown and many were 
massacred. The historian says that not a single straw was left in Dehli. 
Alamgir II was restored to the throne, but the creatures of Ahmad were 
left everywhere. In passing through Amritsar “ hundreds of Sikhs 
were slain and thousands of houses destroyed.” Timur Shah was left 
in Lahore with an efficient general, and Ahmad betook himself and his 
plunder to Kandahar. 
No sooner had the Durrani sovereign left the country, than Adina 
Beg who had been hiding in the mountains attacked Lahore and took 
it. But this must have been about 1173 A. H., as the British Museum 
has rupees of Timur as Nizam of Lahore for 1171 and 1173, the year 
of the Nizamat on this latter one being 3. Adina Beg prospered. But 
in Dehli matters went from bad to worse. The Mahrattas, being called 
in to assist on one side of the quarrel, made themselves masters of the 
city. They then advanced on Sarhind which they plundered. Lahore 
next fell before them. After this they attacked the prince Timur 
Shah who had entrenched himself at Imanabad. He was defeated 
and he fled to Peshawar pursued by the Mahrattas. The Sikhs chose 
this opportunity for showing their heads. Their numbers had been 
increasing in spite of persecution. They rebuilt Amritsar after they 
had forced Muhammadans to clean it. They held Lahore even for a 
short time at this period. 
I have one rupee of Ahmad Shah’s 11th year, and one also of his 
13th year struck at Lahore. These must have been struck when his 
officers were paramount in that city. 
Alamgir reigned nominally in Dehli till his 6th year. I have a 
rupee of his 6th year struck in Lahore in 1172. One of his 5th year, 
struck in Kashmir, is dated 1173 A. H. One of his 5th year and one 
of his 6th, both struck at Ahmadnagar—Farrukhabad, are both dated 
1172. Both these were obtained from Quettah. Can it be possible 
they were part of the plunder taken away by Ahmad Sliah after the 
campaign I am about to describe ? 
