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H. Blochmann —Geography and History of Bengal. [No. 3, 
1. ’Alauddin Abul Muzaffar Husain Shah, 899 to 927 (929 P). 
2. Na^iruddin Abul Muzaffar Nu^rat Shah, 927 (929 ?) to 939. 
3. ’Alauddin Abul Muzaffar Firuz Shah (III.), 939. 
4. Ghiyasuddfn Abul Muzaffar Mahmud Shah (III.), 940 to 944, 
(defeated by Slier Shah). 
I have now only to describe a few unpublished coins and to give 
several new inscriptions belonging to the reigns of these kings. 
XXI. ’Ala'uddi'n Abul Muzaffar Husain Sha'ii. 
Marsden (PI. XXXVIII, Nos. DCCLXXIX and DCCXCIII) has given 
two different Husain Shahis, the former of Fathabad, 899, A. H., and the 
latter of Husainabad, 914, A. H.* Laidley has two new types, one struck 
at Husainabad, 912, A. H., and the other ( vide his plate, No. 21) resembling 
that of Marsden, but with a different legend. The cabinet of the Asiatic 
Society contains a few new varieties, with and without dates. 
1. Vide PI. IX, No. 9. Silver. Weight, 163*57 grains. No mint- 
town. A. H. 900. (As. Soc. Bengal, one specimen). Circular areas; no 
margin. 
ObVEESE. — jjda+)\ y\ j Xp 
BeVEESE.— 1** AlkFo 2 <X>B? 0.1 A OAam (A-kb-s 
Col. Guthrie in a MS. list of Bengal Coins in the British Museum 
quotes Husain Shahis struck at Jannatabad (Husainabad ?) in 918 and 919. 
The inscriptions belonging to Husain Shah’s reign are most numerous ; 
the date of the latest two is 925, A.H. Those of which the Society has 
received rubbings from General Cunningham are marked [G. C.]. 
1. Hunger, 903 ; mentions Prince Daily al. Published Journal, 1872, 
p. 335. [G. C.]. 
2. Machain , Barganah Ballipur, Dhaka, 22nd Jumada I, 907, or 3rd 
December, 1501. Deceived from Dr. J. Wise. 
3. Bonhara, in Bihar, 908. Published, Proceedings 1870, p. 112. 
4. Cher an, in Bihar, 909. Published, Proceedings 1870, p. 297.f 
* Marsden reads the latter date 917. On the former coin, the king’s first name 
is spelt jXsq instead of with an intermediate ivdw. This ivdw should 
not be read : it arises from a whimsical rule of a class of pedantic Katibs who main¬ 
tain that the vowel u after a long d, as in ’ Alau, requires “ a support.” 
The obverse of the latter coin, to which I alluded in the note to p. 301 of the 
Journal for 1870, Ft. I, is still a puzzle to me, though I have wasted much time in 
looking at the coin, patiently waiting for a happy guess. I now believe that the 
second line is VukFvj^jlidf a Iqdim bisaltanatihi, the last word being written discon¬ 
nected, as sultdnahn on the reverse. But the third line is unclear. The weight of the 
coin is 162'61 grains. 
f For a Gaur Inscription of 909, vide Glazier, Report on Rangpore, 1873, p. 108. 
