8. Id: Shāhjahānābād. 1069. AV. Nis̤ār. Wt. 43 grs.
Obv., _Nis̤ār-i-Ṣāḥib-i-qirān s̤ānī_.
Rev., _Ẓarb-i-dāru-l-ḵẖ̱ilāfat Shāhjahānābād 1069_. “Nis̤ār
of the ‘second lord of the conjunction,’ struck at the
capital, Shāhjahānābād, 1069.”
9. Aurangzeb: Tatta. 1072-5 R. AV. Wt. 170 grs.
Obv., _Sikka zad dar jahān chū mihr-i-munīr_ || _Shāh Aurangzeb
’Ālamgīr, 1072_, “Struck money through the world like the
shining sun, Shāh Aurangzeb ’Ālamgīr.”
Rev., _Ẓarb-i-Tatta sana 5 julūs-i-maimanat-i-mānūs_, “Struck
at Tatta in the 5th year of the accession associated with
prosperity.”
10. Shāh Shujā’: Akbarnagar. 1068-aḥd. AR. Wt. 177 grs.
Obv., in square, the Kalima and 1068; in margins, names of Four
Companions with epithets.
Rev., in square, _Muḥammad Shāh Shujā’ bādshāh g̱ẖāzī_; right
margin, _Ṣāḥib-i-qirān s̤ānī_; lower margin, _Akbarnagar_.
11. Aurangzeb: Katak. 29 R. AR. Wt. about 44 grs.
Obv., in dotted square border, on ornamental ground. _Dirham
shar’ī._
Rev., _Ẓarb-i-Katak 29_.
[43] With a reference to Ḵẖ̱wāja Mu’īnu-d-dīn Chishtī, buried at
Ajmer, A.D. 1236.
[44] By the abjad system of reckoning, the letters of Jahāngīr and
Allāhu Akbar both make up 288.
_Note._ In the Plate the reverses and obverses of Nos. 4, 6, 8 and 10
have been, by a mistake, transposed.
[Illustration: PLATE XI]
[Illustration: PLATE XII]
KEY TO PLATE XII
1. Shāh ’Ālam II. Shāhjahānābād, 1219-47 R. AV. Wt. 166 grs.
Obv. and Rev., surrounded with circular border of roses,
shamrocks and thistles.
Obv., _Sikka-i-Ṣāḥib-i-qirānī zad zi tāʾīdu-llah_ ||
_Ḥāmī-i-dīn-i-Muhammad Shāh ’Ālam bādshāh_,
“Struck coin like the ‘lord of the conjunction,’ by the help
of God, Defender of the Faith, Muhammad Shāh ’Ālam, the king.”
Date _1219_; mint marks, umbrella and cinquefoil.
Rev., as. Pl. XI, No. 9, but date _47_; and mint,
Shāhjahānābād.
2. Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī. Shāhjahānābād, 1170-11 R. AR. Rupee.
Obv., _Ḥukm shud az qādir-i-bīchūn ba Aḥmad bādshāh_ || _Sikka
zan bar sīm u zar az auj-i-mākī tā-ba māh_, “There came an
order from the potent Incomparable One to Aḥmad the king to
strike coin on gold and silver from the zenith of Pisces to
the Moon. Date, _1170_.”
Rev., as on No. 1, but date _11_.
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