1. Jahāngīr. Lāhor. 1016-3 R. AR. Wt. 209 grs.
Obv., within square border of dots, on ornamented ground, the
Kalima; below, _Ẓarb-i-Lāhor 1016_.
Rev., _Nūru-d-dīn Muḥammad Jahāngīr bādshāh g̱ẖāzī sana 3_.
2. Id: Āgra. 1028-14 R. AV. Wt. 168 grs.
Obv., ram skipping to left, surmounted by sun; below, _Sana
14 julūs_, “The 14th year from the accession.”
Rev., _Yāft dar Āgrah rū-i-zar zīwar_ || _Az Jahāngīr Shāh-i-Shāh
Akbar_, “The face of gold received ornament at Āgra from
Jahāngīr Shāh, Shāh Akbar [s. Son],” and _Sana 1028_.
3. Id: Ajmer. 1023-9 R. AV. Wt. 168 grs.
Obv., Jahāngīr nimbate seated cross-legged on throne, head to
left, goblet in right hand. Around, _Qazā bar sikka-i-zar
kard taṣwīr_ || _Shabih-i-ḥaẓrat-i-Shāh-i-Jahāngīr_,
“Destiny on coin of gold has drawn the portrait of His Majesty
Shāh Jahāngīr.”
Rev., sun in square compartment in centre; to left, _Ẓarb-i-Ajmer
1023_; to right, _Ya mu’īnu_,[43] “O thou fixed one,”
and _Sana 9_; above and below, _Ḥarūf-i-Jahāngīr u
Allāhu Akbar_ || _Zi rūz-i-azal dar’adad shud barābar_,
“The letters of Jahāngīr and ‘Allāhu Akbar’[44] are equal in
value from the beginning of time.”
4. Id: Āgra. 1019-5 R. AR. Wt. 220 grs.
Obv., within multifoil area on flowered ground, _Dar isfandārmuz
īn sikka-rā dar Āgrah zad bar zar_, “In Isfandārmuz placed
this stamp at Āgra on money,” with date _5_.
Rev., contained as obv., _Shāhanshāh-i-zamān Shāh Jahāngīr
ibn-i-Shāh Akbar_, “The emperor of the age, Shāh Jahāngīr,
son of Akbar Shāh”; with date _1019_.
5. Id: with Nūr Jahān. Sūrat. 1036. AV. Wt. 166 grs.
Obv., _Zi ḥukm-i-Shāh Jahāngīr yāft ṣad zīwar_.
Rev., _Ba nām-i-Nūr Jahān Bādshāh Begam zar_, “By order of Shāh
Jahāngīr, gained a hundred beauties gold, through the name of
Nūr Jahān Bādshāh Begam”; on obv., _Ẓarb-i-Sūrat_; rev., 1036.
6. Id: in the name Salīm. Aḥmadābād. 2 R. AR. Wt. 176 grs.
Obv., _Māliku-l-mulk sikka zad bar zar_.
Rev., _Shāh Sult̤ān Salīm Shāh Akbar_, “The Lord of the realm
placed (his) stamp on money, Shāh Sultan Salīm Akbar Shāh
[S. Son]”; on Obv., _Ẓarb-i-Aḥmadābād_; Rev., _Farwardīn
sana 2_.
7. Shāh Jahān I. Aḥmadābād 1038-2 R. AR. Wt. 168 grs.
Obv., the Kalima in 3 lines; below, _Ẓarb-i-Aḥmadābād sana 2 Ilāhī
māh Ḵẖ̱ūrdād_, “Struck at Aḥmadābād in the month Ḵẖ̱ūrdād
of the Ilāhī year 2.”
Rev., _Ṣāḥib-i-qirān s̤ānī Shihābu-d-dīn Shāh Jahān bādshāh g̱ẖāzī
sana 1038_.
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