9. Kashmīr: Zainu-l-’ābidīn. 842 A.H. AR. Wt. 96 grs.
Obv., _As-sult̤ānu-l-a’z̤am Zainu-l-’ābidīn 842_.
Rev., in lozenge, _Ẓuriba Kashmīr_; in marginal segments,
_Fī shuhūri sina is̤nai wa arb’aina wa s̤amanami’ata_, “In
the months of the year two and forty and eight hundred.”
10. Bījāpūr: ’Ādil Shāh. Lārīn. Wt. about 71 grs.
Obv., _’Ādil Shāh_, followed by 3 strokes.
Rev., blurred.
[Illustration: PLATE IX]
[Illustration: PLATE X]
KEY TO PLATE X
1. Bābur: Lāhor. 936 A.H. AR. Wt. 69 grs.
Obv., in circle, the Kalima; margin, in segments, portions of
_Abābakri-ṣ-ṣadīq_ (“A, the faithful witness”),
_’Umru-l-fārūq_ (“’U, the discriminator between right and
wrong”), _’Us̤mān abu Nūrain_ (“’U, the father of two
lights”), _’Alīu-l-murtaẓa_ (“’A, the pleasing to God”).
Rev., within flattened mihrābi area, _Z̤ahīru-d-dīn Muḥammad
Bābur bādshāh ghāzī, 936_; above, _As-sult̤ānu-l-a
’z̤amu-l-khāqānu-mukarram_, “The most great sultan, the
illustrious emperor”; below, _Ḵẖ̱allada allaha ta’ālā
mulkahu wa salt̤anatuhu_, “May God Most High perpetuate
the kingdom and sovereignity” and, _Ẓuriba Lāhor_
“Struck at Lāhor.”
2. Humāyūn. AV. Wt. 16 grs.
Obv., in circle, the Kalima.
Rev., _Ḵẖ̱allada allaha ta’ālā mulkahu ... Muḥammad Humāyūn
bādshāh ghāzī_.
3. Sher Shāh. Āgra. 948 A.H. AR. Wt. 175 grs.
Obv., in square, the Kalima; margins as on No. 1.
Rev., in square, _Sher Shāh sult̤ān khallada allāhu mulkahu 948_;
below in Nāgarī, _Śrī Sēr Sāhī_ (an attempt at Sher Shāh’s
name).
Margins, _As-sult̤ānu-l-’ādil abu-l-muz̤affar_ (“The just sultan,
the father of the victorious”) _Farīdu-d-dīn ẓuriba Āgrah_.
4. Islām Shāh. Qanauj. 95—. Æ. Wt. 315 grs.
Obv., _Fī ’ahdi-l-amīru-l-ḥāmiu-d-dīni wa-d-dayān 95_—“In the
time of the prince, the defender of the faith of the requiter.”
Double bar, with knot in centre, bisects the legend.
Rev., _Abu-l-muz̤affar Islām Shāh bin Sher Shāh sult̤ān ẓuriba
Shergarh ’urf Qanauj ḵẖ̱allada allāhu mulkahu_, “The
father of the victorious, Islām Shāh, son of Sher Shāh,
sultan, struck (this coin) at Shergarh alias Qanauj; may God
perpetuate the kingdom.”
5. Sikandar Sūr. 962. AR. Wt. 174 grs.
Rev., in square, _Sult̤ān Sikandar Shāh Isma’īl Sūr 962_.
Margins illegible.
6. Akbar. Āgra. 981. AV. Wt. 167 grs.
Obv., in dotted border, the Kalima. Names of the four companions
and _981_.
Rev., _Ḵẖ̱allada mulkahu Jalālu-d-dīn Muḥammad Akbar bādshāh
g̱ẖāzī ẓuriba baldatī Āgrah_ (“Struck at Āgra town”).
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