212 A, F. Rudolf Hoernle— A new find of Muhammadan Coins. [No. 3, 
There are several circumstances which give to these coins a particular 
interest. 
In the first place, nearly one half of the coins of Ruknu-d-din Barbak 
Shah are entirely new. Only a very few coins of this Sultan have, hither¬ 
to, become known, and they are all of the anonymous type; while many 
of the coins, now found, give his full name Ruknu-d-din. Also among 
the coins of Nasiru-d-dxn Mahmud Shah I, there are no less than six 
entirely new types, Nos. 3, 4, 5, G, 7, 8, while among the four other, 
already known types, some give new dates, and others, being in better 
preservation, throw additional light on the legends. 
In the second place, the present coins settle a curious point regarding 
the use of the so-called leunyat or patronymic appellation. I believe it 
has been generally assumed that no more than one leunyat could be borne 
by the same ruler. At least, this appears to have been the only reason 
for setting aside those few traces of a contrary evidence which, as I shall 
presently show, did occasionally crop up. But the testimony of the coins, 
now discovered, appears to leave no reasonable doubt on the subject that 
some rulers did make use of two leunyats. The Muhammadan histories, 
to judge from Blochmann’s “ Contributions to the Geography and History 
of Bengal” in Vols. XLII, XLIII, XL1V of this Journal, know of no 
other leunyat for Nasiru-d-din I but Abul Muzaffar, nor any other for 
Ruknu-d-din, but Ahul Mujahid. But the present coins show—and other 
evidence, as I shall presently show, confirms the fact,—that both those 
Sultans were in the habit of using both names, Abul Muzaffar and Abul 
Mujahid. Whether they did so at will, or for stated reasons, I am not 
able to determine; but the point might be worth further investigation. 
Having once recognized the fact of the use of several leunyats , I began 
to make a search for any previously recorded traces of it. Those I found 
I shall now enumerate, only premising that my examination was a cursory 
one, and that a closer search may reveal many more instances. 
(a). In the Xth Yol. of this Journal the Hon’ble H. T. Prinsep 
describes a number of Muhammadan coins found in Howrah*. Among 
them 
No. 3 is a coin of Abul Muzaffar Sikandar Shah, the son Ilyas Shah. 
He is commonly known by the leunyat Abul Mujahid. 
No. 15 is a coin of Jalalu-d-din Abul Mujahid Muhammad Shah. 
He is the tenth Sultan of Bengal, from 817-834 A. H., and his usual 
leunyat is Abul Muzaffar. 
No. 25 is a coin of Saifu-d-din Abul Muzaffar Hamzah Shah, the son 
of A’zam Shah. He was the seventh Sultan reigning from 800-804 A. H., 
and he usually bears the leunyat Abul Mujahid. 
* J. A. S. B., Yol. X, PP . 168, 169. 
