3G0 E Thomas —The Initial Coinage of Bengal. — JPt. II. [Mo. 4, 
of the Emperor of Hindustan on the money of Bengal. # That the issue 
represented by No. 9, proceeded from the local mints, is evident alike from 
the style and fabric of the pieces, their defective metal, and the uncouth 
forms of the letters of the legends. 
No. 10. Silver. Size 8. Weight 168 grs. (2 specimens.) PI. x., fig. 7> 
a. ii. 624. 
Obyeese. 
Eeyeese. 
aJJ I All y 
Al|| (_j 
Ap| jjgI) 
f j&°t 
### CJ j +a 
Margin—■ A. be j j 
A1 Zahir bi-amrillah, the Khalifah whose name is inscribed on this coin, 
succeeded his father on the 2nd of Shawwal, a.h. 622, and died on the 14th 
Ptajab, a.h. 623 (July 11, 1226, a.h.). Bar Hebrams, Abulfaraj , p. 302. 
No. 11. Silver. Size, 7. Weight, 167 grs. JJnigue. PL x., fig. 8, 
a.h. 624. 
Square area, within double lines, 
following the pattern of some of the 
examples of Muhammad Ghori’s 
coins. 
| J | 
The words jJ\ ji*\ are 
inserted in the interstices between 
the square area and the circular 
marginal line, as in the Dihli coins 
of Bahrarn Sliah.f 
Eeyeese. 
Legend in the area as in the last 
coin, with the name of the Khalifah 
Al Zakir. 
Ajl/o O.wo j j 
J ^ J djj'f <Liq L5 s^‘ * 
tfJjb/o ^bj a £*»J A.V.LA J JU tij j Jbu j±s:*j 
Calcutta text, pp. 163, 171. 
f Chronicles of the Patlian Kings, p. 118. 
