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Honble. E. C. Bayley —Note on two Muhammadan Coins. [No. 4, 
also greatly resembles the silver coin of that Monarch, figured by Marsden, 
(PL xxxv, fig. dcxcii) and attributed by him to Shams-uddin Altamsh. 
Major Waterhouse has been good enough to photograph this interesting 
coin, and I enclose a copy of the photograph. 
I give the legend as I read it in full, but there may be some doubt as 
to one word and as to the date, of which more presently. 
Beyeese. Oeyeese. 
Muhammadan profession of faith, %[& 
or “ Kalimah/’ with the date. ^ <Alx) UJj MA JkU 
Margin—the names and titles 
of the four companions. 
The first difficulty is as to the title “ yj” The legend in this line 
and that below it, is very much cramped at the end, and is with difficulty 
legible. I read this word therefore with some doubt, it is possibly meant 
for \y\. 
Unfortunately, the chief doubt of the reading centres in the date. 
The numerals are preceded by two scarcely legible groups of letters, which 
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I take to represent y, and these cover the numerals, which are very 
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ill executed. Attached to the marginal scroll on the left may be seen a trian¬ 
gular mark. This may be either a part of the scroll itself, or it may be 
intended for the cipher \ or 8. 
On the other hand, the extreme right hand cipher, if examined by a glass, 
resolves itself clearly into two, and it may therefore either stand for i or 6, 
or for ♦ and |, i. e., “ 0” and “ 1.” The date may therefore be read as 901, 
Or 896, indifferently. 
This is unfortunate, for the date of this king is uncertain. We know but 
little of him. The main facts which seem to be clear are, that he murdered 
his immediate predecessor Mahmud Shah, and at once ascended the throne. 
After some time a rebellion arose, headed by his eventual successor ’Ala- 
uddin Husain. It would appear, moreover, Muzaffar Shah was before long 
driven into the fortified city of Gaur, and that he held his own within this 
refuge for a very considerable time, defeating all the attacks of his opponents. 
In the end, however, they triumphedj one account says by the treachery 
