1887.] C. J. Rodgers— Notes on the coins of the Tabdqat-i-Ndsiri. 171 
contrary to the custom of such coins ; and the title Zillu-l-ldh is used 
instead of Sultan. 
Again Xasiru-d-din Qubacha is called by Major Raverty Kabd-jah 
(p. 531). The word is on the coins This may be read with 
“ fat’hah ” (Ariana Antiqua, p. 434, coin 33, PL XX., fig. 19.) Fortunately 
we have the same word in Hindi on other coins. Here the word is 
which gives us plainly Kubacha as the pronunciation of the time. 
Comment would be superfluous. 
Of the coins of Shamsu-d-din I-yal-titmish we have the following 
given as the inscription in the work possessed by Major Raverty 
(p. 624) : — 
AjlbaJf j £+3 
That this work was written after the time of Shah Jahan, we have 
here almost certain proof. Shah Jahan’s coins of his first year have 
. Aurangzib’s coins begin the use of julus ahd. Jahangir’s 
have | over the word nur , to indicate the first year of his reign. The 
word !<**> is alivays written on the early coins }Aa- The form !<>* is modern. 
If we wanted any other proof of the time when Major Raverty’s 
book was written, we have it in the next coin given (p. 630) :— 
Obv. 
Rev. 
LSJJ 1 - LS^v U* 4 " Ij 
u 
*irr v j*> 
•• • 
Here we have o*ybo > associated with <^1^. This formula was 
invented by Aurangzib, (see ’Alamgir Kama, published by the So¬ 
ciety, p. 367), as will be seen when the coins of the Moguls of India 
shall be published. Then, the word is never used along with the 
year, except on some rare rupees of Shah Jahan. Akbar and Jahangir 
had used the term Ilahi for their years. Shahjahan returned to orthodoxy, 
and though he uses the words ***», he adds the word to the 
year | TV. This is the only occasion on which I have seen the word 
used. I have never seen the word <3*^ used on a coin as “ equivalent 
to,” as it is used in the above inscription. 
The inscription on the coin of Raziyyat (commonly written Rezia) 
is given as follows (p. 637) : 
Obv. o''”* 1 '" <X£l/c 
Rev. TP foJb 
Here Tr* is a misprint for *u*r. Delili is never termed on any coin I have 
seen It is always Hazrat, or in one case Takhtgah. The whole 
