100 The Rupees of the Month of the JlaJn Years of Alclar. [Ko, 2, 
Koz Afzun 
Jahan Tab 
Jab an Aral 
Mihr Kan 
Khazan 
Surma Faza 
Shab Afzun 
Atish Afzun 
Sal Afzun. 
But after awhile the old Persian names were again used. 
In the 30tli year of Akbar, i. <?., in 992 A. H. Hakim Fathullah 
Shiraz! got out a new era and year for India. The object in view was to 
create a uniform year throughout the vast empire Akbar had conquered. 
The era began with the reign of Akbar, i. e., on 19th February 1556. The 
months and days were similar to those of the Persian year. There were 
no intercalary days. Hence the days of this year never corresponded with 
the days of the Jalall years of Malik Shah’s era. This year was termed 
Ilahl. 
The Ilahl years of Akbar’s coins begin with the 30th year. He as 
I have already stated after a few years left off the use of the Kalimah on 
his coins and also the names of the four companions. To make his depar¬ 
ture from established usage more marked, he made all his early Ilaln rupees 
square. 
Jahangir commenced his coinage by reverting to the year of the 
Hejirah and by putting the year of his reign without the use of the word 
llahi . It was simply I or r A ^>» &c. In his 6th year (according to 
coins in my cabinet) or perhaps before, the Lahore mint commenced a 
series of coins inferior to none of Jehanglr’s in beauty and finish, on which 
were the year and month of the Ilahl year (commencing, however, from 
the 1st year of Jahangir) on one side, and the names of Jahangir and 
Akbar on the other. This series was copied at the mints of Akbarnagar, 
Qandaliar, Jahanglrnagar, Tatta, and Kashmir. 
In two large square heavy rupees I have, the Ilahl month was woven 
into a couplet thus :— 
jf I Jsfiw 2(b*> 
and again 
jj J*. [) JO jf* ?!— 
* In the Cabinet of Alexander Grant, Esq., C. E. is a large round coin weighing 
2173 grains on which is this couplet with “ Bahrnan” month in it. 
jj&y jj jji I 
