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Obverse.—H it aJa ^ikLJf y\ l*W| 
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Reverse.—a 9r ai|>k *U| cy+s ?' 0 &kl| ill <C| il 
S ai fuel dun ya waddfn Abul Muzaffar Firuz Shall, the king,—may 
God perpeiaiate his kingdom and rule ! There is no God but Allah, Muhammad is 
the Prophet of God. Treasury issue of 893. 
XIX. Na'siruddi'n Abul Muja'hid Mahmu'd Ska'h (II). 
He was raised to tlie throne on Firuz Shah’s death, though the govern¬ 
ment was in the hands of one Hahshi Khan. After a short time, Hahshi 
Khan, and immediately after, Mahmud Shah, were killed by Sidi Badr 
Diwanah, who proclaimed himself king. 
Though the histories call Mahmud the son of Firuz Shah, there is little 
doubt that the statement of Haji Muhammad Qandahari, preserved by 
Firishtah, is correct—“ In the history by Haji Muhammad Qandahari, # it 
is written that Sultan Mahmud was the son of Fatli Shah, and that Hahshi 
Khan was a eunuch of Barbak Shah, who by Firuz Shah’s orders had brought 
up Mahmud. After Firuz Shah’s death, Mahmud was placed on the throne ; 
but when six months had passed, Hahshi Khan shewed inclination to make 
himself king, and Sidi Badr killed him.” These facts agree well with the 
following circumstances : First , all histories say that Fath Shah, at his death, 
left a son two years old, and his mother, at Sultan Sliahzadah’s death, 
declared herself willing to leave the throne to him, who had brought her 
husband’s murderer to account. Secondly, according to Muhammadan cus¬ 
tom, children often receive the names of the grandfather ; hence Fath Shah 
would call his son NaQruddin Mahmud; but as the Jcunyah must be 
different, we have here 1 Abul Mujahid,’ while the grandfather has c Abul 
Muzaffar.’ 
General Cunningham found the following inscription of this king in 
Gaur; unfortunately, the date is illegible. 
# The Lak’hnan edition of Firishtah calls him ( Haji Mahmud.’ His historical 
work is not known at tlie present day. 
