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turn, was destined to occupy the throne of Dihli for twenty years, and the 
name of Nayil-ud-din Mahmud was perpetuated anew in the next generation 
under another dynasty, as the designation of Balban’s heir, who carried it 
back to Bengal, where he was permitted to found a new family of southern 
kingb, who for half a century succeeded in maintaining a fitful sovereignty? 
seldom disturbed by the more powerful Sultans of Hindustan. 
£so. 12. Silver. Size 8. Weight, 163.1 grs. Unique . British 
Museum. Vide Chronicles, p. 81. 
Obverse. Reverse. 
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A1 Mustancir billah was inaugurated on the 14th of Rajab, 623 a.h. = 
1226 a.d., the same day that his father Al-Zahir died. Bar Hebrceus 
p. 303. 
I quote, in illustration of my previous remarks, the legends on the 
special issue of Altamsh on the occasion of the receipt of his diploma of 
investiture in a.h. 626. 
Weight of the B. M. Coin, 164 grains. 
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Reverse —As above, in No. 12, with similarly formed characters. # 
It may be noted that on a like occasion of the reception of the Egyptian 
Khalifah’s diploma at Dihlf in 744 a.h., Muhammad bin Tughluq adopted a 
similar method of exhibiting his respect by introducing the pontiff’s name 
on the coinage to the exclusion of his own. 
The identification of the individual, who styles himself Haul at Shah 
with many high-sounding prefixes, on the subjoined coin, demanded a certain 
amount of patient patch-work, which I have relegated to the note below.f 
* Chronicles of the Patlian Kings, p. 46. 
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