1. Bengal: Sikandar Shāh. Fīrozābād. 783 A.H. AR. Wt. 166 grs.
Obv., in a circle, _Abu-l-mujāhid_ (“The father of the
warrior”) _Sikandar Shāh ibn-i-Ilyās Shāh sult̤ān_;
margin, names of the Four Companions in four circles,
between these, _Al imāmu-l-a’z̤amu-l-wās̤iqu bi
taʾīdu-r-rahman_; cf. Pl. VIII, 7, Obv.
Rev., _Yamīni Khalīfatu ’llah naṣīru amīru-l-mominīn
ghaus̤u-l-islām wa-l-muslimīn khallada mulkahu_, “The right
hand of the Khalif of God, the helper of the Commander of the
faithful, the succourer of Islām and the Muslims, may God
perpetuate the kingdom”; margin, in segments, _Ẓuriba
hazihi-s-sikkatu-l-mubārikatu fī baldati Fīrozābād_,
“Struck this blessed coin in the town of Fīrozābād,” followed
by date 783 in Arabic words.
2. Bahmanī: ’Alāu-d-dīn Aḥmad II. 850 A.H. AR. Wt. 169 grs.
Obv., _As-sult̤ānu-l-ḥalīm ul karīm ur ra’ufi ’alai ’abdu ’llah
al ghanīu-l-muhaimin_, “The sultan, the clement, the
bountiful, the kind to the servants of God, the rich, the
confiding one.”
Rev., in a square, _Abu-l-muz̤affar ’Alāu-d-dunyā wa-d-dīn Aḥmad
Shāh bin Aḥmad Shāh al wālīu-l-bahmanī_ (“The guardian, the
Bahmanī”).
3. Mālwā: G̱ẖ̱iyās̤ Shāh. 880 A.H. AV. Wt. 170 grs.
Obv., in double square, the outer one dotted, _Al wās̤iqu b ’il
mulki al multaji abu-l-fatḥ_ (“The truster in the kingdom,
and seeking refuge in the Father of victory”)
_Ghiyās̤ Shāh_. A star above.
Rev., _Bin Maḥmūd Shāh sult̤ānu-l-Khiljī khallada mulkahu 880_.
4. Jaunpūr: Maḥmūd Shāh. 846 (?) A.H. AV. Wt. 175 grs.
Obv., within circle, _Fī zamani-l-imāmi nā’ībi amīru-l-mominīn
abu-l-fatḥ khuldat khilāfatuhu_. Cf. Pl. VIII, 11. Margin,
as on Pl. VIII, 5, but date 846 (?) and mint name missing.
Rev., in tughra characters, _As-sult̤ān ṣaifu-d-dunyā wa-d-dīn
abu-l-mujāhid Maḥmūd bin Ibrāhīm_.
5. Id: Ḥusain Shāh. 864 A.H. Æ. Wt. 150 grs.
Obv., in circle, _Ḥusain Shāh_; margin, _bin Maḥmūd Shāh bin
Ibrāhīm Shāh sult̤ānī_.
Rev., _Nāʾībi amīru-l-mominīn 864_.
6. Gujarāt: Maḥmūd Shāh III 946 A.H. AV. Wt. 185 grs.
Obv., reading upwards, _Nāṣiru-d-dunyā wa-d-dīn abu-l-fatḥ al
wās̤iqu bi’ llahi-i-mannān_, “The helper of the world and
the faith, the father of victory, the truster in the
beneficent God.”
Rev., in double square, _Maḥmūd Shāh bin Lat̤īf Shāh sult̤ān_;
margin, _946_.
7. Id: Maḥmūd Shāh III. AR. Wt. 112 grs.
Obv. and Rev., legends as No. 6, but no date.
8. Ma’bar: ’Ādil Shāh. Æ.
Obv., _As-sult̤ān ’Ādil Shāh_.
Rev., _As-sult̤ānu-l-a’z̤am_.
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