116 C. J. Rodgers —The Square Silver Goins of [No. 2, 
Kashmir. In this year two comets appeared and their advent was 
succeeded by a great famine so severe that many people perished with 
hunger while others fied into exile rather than remain in their own 
land to starve. The massacre of Zuljir was regarded no less severe than 
this famine in its effects. It (the famine) lasted ten months. When 
the orchards bore fruit it disappeared. No sooner was the country freed 
from external enemies and internal troubles than the leaders of the 
people Gaji Chakk and Abdal Makari disagreed. The former took up 
his residence at Zainpur and the latter remained in office as wazir. 
Governors and rulers did as they liked. No man obtained justice. 
After a short time Muhammad Shall died of fever, having reigned 
50 years. Before his death, he distributed all the gold he had amongst 
the poor of the country. This 50 years must reckon from 891 A. H. 
and include all the reigns of Fath Shall and Nazuk Shall. 
Shams-ud-D'm .—It seems that this prince Shams-ud-Din sat on the 
throne of his father Muhammad Shall. Guided by his ministers he 
divided the whole of Kashmir amongst the nobles. The people were 
pleased with his rule. Gaji Chakk and Abdal Makari renewed their 
disagreement and the former got possession of the young prince 
and took him in the direction of Kuswar. Abdal Makari opposed 
him, but the two agreeing he withdrew to Kamraj where his states were 
while Gaji Chakk and the king went to Srinagar. Again Abdal 
Makari showed uneasiness and again quiet was restored. Nothing 
more is known of the history of this king. (The two coins I assign to 
him are very poor indeed. Nos. 11 and 12, pi. I. The obverses are so 
illegible I have not drawn them. I have not seen a copper coin of this 
king yet. It is just possible that these silver coins may be those of the 
first Sultan.) 
Nazuk Shah. 2nd Time .—After his father Nazuk sat on the throne 
of the kingdom. (His father we are told was Ibrahim Shah. There is 
confusion again here.) He had not, however, reigned more than five or 
six months when Mirza Haidar Turk, having obtained a firm footing in 
Kashmir ruled it. In his time the Kliutba was read and coins were 
struck in the name of Ndsir-ud-JD'm Muhammad Humayun Bddshdh. 
(The coins of Humayun struck in Kashmir are exceedingly rare. They 
are exactly of the same type as those of the preceding kings. There are 
some small differences in the inscriptions in the arrangements of the 
letters. (See Nos. 13 and 14, pi. I.) One coin has a ^ in the field to 
the right, which I consider to be the first letter of Haidar’s name. 
(See No. 33, pi. III.) The dates of the coins fall within the period 
during which Mirza Haidar ruled Kashmir nominally in his master’s 
name. But all these ten years poor Humayun was a fugitive in Sind 
