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assign this coin to Ahmad I, the younger brother of Firuz, and to 
assume that he had bestowed upon his father, Abmad Khan, the 
honorary title of “ Shah,” but Maulavi Muhammad ‘Aziz Mirza, B.A., 
First Talukdar of Bid in the Haidarabad State, has pointed out to me 
that the hunya on the obverse of the coin does not coincide with that on 
coins which can be assigned with certainty to Ahmad Shah I, and he 
is of opinion that the coin must be assigned to ‘Ala’u-d-din Ahmad Shah 
II, the son and successor of Ahmad I. His ascription of the coin is 
undoubtedly correct but an explanation of the line of descent as given 
on the reverse is necessary, for there is no reason or authority for 
believing that Ahmad I (and consequently Firuz) was the son of 
Bahman Shah the founder of the dynasty. We must therefore explain 
the inscription on the reverse, in view of the very strong reasons for 
believing that Firuz and Ahmad I were the sons of Ahmad Khan, by 
assuming that Ahmad II traced his descent per salturn through 
Ahmad I to Bahman Shah. 
Two errors concerning the descent of Ahmad Shah I call for notice 
here. The first is a mistake made by Nizamu-d-din Ahmad in the 
heading 1 of his account of Ahmad Shah’s reign, in which Ahmad is 
described as the son of Firuz, This is merely a slip, for the same author 
elsewhere 2 mentions Hasan Khan as the eldest son of Firuz,and says that 
Firuz, when delivering the kingdom to Ahmad, commended his sons to his 
protection. The other error is contained in the Nam ala inscription 
which makes Ahmad (and consequently Firuz) the son of Muhammad 
Shah, evidently the fifth king of the dynasty. It has already been 
shown that Firuz and Ahmad were not the sons of Muhammad II, apd 
the inscription is, independently of this inaccuracy, of very little value, 
for it omits altogether from the descent given, the name of ‘ Ala’u-d-din 
Ahmad II. 
There appears to be little if any doubt that Firuz Shah and Ahmad 
gihah, the eighth and ninth kings of the Bahmani dynasty, were the 
sons of Ahmad Khan, son of ‘Ala’u-d-din Bahman Shah, the founder 
of the dynasty. 
(7) The Offspring of Firuz Shah. 
According to the author of the Burhan-i-Ma’cisir Firuz, who was 
deposed by his younger brother Ahmad in A.H. 825, left several sons, 
for he speaks 3 of “ Hasan Khan and all the other sons of the late 
king.” In another passage 4 he mentions Makhduma-i-Jahau, the wife 
1 Tabaqat-i-Alcbari, p. 414. $ King, p. 47. 
2 Tabaqtzt’i-Akbari , p, 413, * King, p. 89. 
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