1 164 HISTORY OF THE PANJAB.
2 The Kandahar coin bore the inscription :—
3 styady sti pla sad ska
4 sl Sp xls Gla 35}
5 “The coin of Kandahar became beautiful through King Jahangir, son of Akber Shah.”
6 Mr. Rodgers, in the Journal of the Bengal Asiutic Society, mentions
7 several coins of the Lahore mint. ;
8 The following coin was struck in 1019, the 5th year of the reign :—
9 @ bw IPY 6 wer greed sleJd dS dy0d 75
10 _ “In the month of Bhaman, the gold of Lahore became like the luminous moon in the
11 reign of Nur-ud-din Jahangir, the son of Akber Shah. 1019 a.u., 5th year.” ; ‘ i
12 Another coin, struck during the same year, has the following inscrip-
13 tion :—
14 23 29) dytdQ0 Bho thy Nsarol ys
15 pi ath yt) aSlye ake pot ade
16 “In the month of Isfandar Mviz, the monarch of the people, Shah Jahangir, the son of
17 Akber Shah, stamped this coin on gold at Lahore. 1019, a.u., 5th year.”
18 The following coins of Léhore, mentioned by Mr. Rodgers in his excel-
19 lent article in the journal above referred to, are too interesting to be omitted :—
20 5 yp 95 Dyed 2d sha ysl wndiy? 4So) ao
21 pt ald yal Ste ald wles sland
22 “In the month of Tir, the king, the defender of the faith, Shah Jahdéngir, the son of
23 Akber Shah, stamped this coin on gold at Liéhore.”
24 23 yt VD ake opal ah Ipod Qa yh sles
25 gH BLE a} Sipe Lb elle 2a sly
26 **In the mouth of Urdi Bahisht, the monarch of the age, Shah Jahangir, the son of Akber
27 Shah, stamped this coin on gold at Lahore.” f : -
28 A remarkably fine rupee has the following inscription :—
29 A aes 299 20 oy AS b wha ob yo
30 ies Dye) Kho Ala xl Aly
31 ““May the coin of Liéhore be current in +] Id in tk i
32 as the heavens revolve ! 1027 a.u., 13th year.” OT a toa nee PORTS SEAN oe Tone
33 A rupee in the possession of Mr. J. D. Tremlett, mentioned by Mr.
34 Rodgers, has the following couplet :-—
35 dys} vo EM) ot ym) D5 ud d2y82 — Leys
36 pt gl’ wl yekilye ys aka 5
37 _ ‘In the month of Farwardin, the gold of Lahore became an object of jealousy to the
38 poe seat through the resplendence of the stamp of Jahangir Shah, the son of Akber Shah,
39 20 A.H., 6th year.
40 The multiplicity of coins of various denominations struck in the royal
41 mint of Lahore is sufficient proof of the popularity of that town during
42 the reign of Jahdngir, and his fondness for the capital of the Panjab. —-
43 Mr. Rodgers mentions only one coin of the Delhi mint. It had the
44 following couplet for its inscription :—
45 rl sli pols cypad 9 ri 5B)
46 lore SF sb) U435 5) 0 (Joos
47 “Through the abunds ft) ing 4 i i
48 and triumph at Delhi, 1035 ‘At, ae, ehh Rote ne epee see rece ene
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