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those of the Gujarat fabric, struck in the name of Akbar as early as 
989 H. did not issue from that Mint. 
If, however, in our quest for the home of these coins we may turn 
to the mainland of Gujarat rather than to the peninsular portion of 
that province, Surat may well claim our attention. This city, when 
conquered by Akbar in 981 H., was a port of the first rank, having sub¬ 
ordinate to it the ports of Rander, Grandevi, and Valsad. Rejecting, as 
we safely may, the strange rupee No. 137 of the Lahor Museum Coin 
Catalogue, provisionally assigned by the late Mr. Rodgers to Surat, it 
was not till 1032 H. that the first of the . ordinary Mughal coins issued 
from this mint. The latest I can trace (excluding, of course, the East 
India Company’s Surat rupees) is of the year 1197 H. Thus between 
1032 and 1197 H. this mint was more or less active in producing coins 
of the well-known Mughal type. May it not be that prior to J032 H.— 
and thus from 989 till 1027 H.—the coins of Gujarat fabric issued 
from this mint ? In that case they were about 1030 H. merely super¬ 
seded by the larger and finer Mughal coins, which latter continued in 
favour till the end of the 12th century. Why the former type of coin— 
the Gujarat fabric—was revived in 1215 and continued till 1217, I am 
at a loss to explain. It is, however, noteworthy that in 1215 H. the 
English, on assuming the undivided Government of Surat, assigned one- 
fifth of the revenues of the city to the brother of the late Nawab, May 
it have been he who re-issued the Gujarat fabric coins P Also in 1217 
H. by the treaty of Bassein the Peshwa ceded his share of Surat to the 
English, who henceforward held sole control over the district. Was it on 
this account that the issue of these coins from the Surat mint now ceased ? 
Evidently from the description here given of the coins of this series 
the main questions that still await an answer are three—What do the 
margins read ? What was the place of mintage ? And why the re¬ 
issue of 1215-1217 H. ? Geo. P. Taylor. 
15. Mr. Framjee Jamasjee Thanawala of Bombay has sent for pub¬ 
lication the following rare coins of the Mughal Emperors. 
1. Jahangir. iR. One-eighth of a rupee. Weight, 20 grs. 
Mint. Ahmadnagar. Size *4" 
Obverse. Portions of Kalima. 
Below the word & 
Reverse. . 
&+ — ss* 
PI. III. 13. 
