. Coins of the Shahs of Persia, Safavis, Afghans, Edsharis, Zands and ajars . \j-Z J*£~o J^-jj .iU iX^^=»j) A> 3 Jj> s£j> .i_ji. j»Uj jj oi^ b ^y* 3^11! ^J Jlft j illl Jj-Jj J-o-S0 J a!!1 VI aH 5) aCi j± \jj*» J-a» Jo-i^Co A«!Lo AiUsil^ «i U*O^-oU* j (l^j-i) i\y j«i jb^ 3 Mji) iJ c-C«J 0«&1»S J^ljf Jj^..< ^J&J (jisla^j ji AJ Ml Ul aL^5 J^~;l3 J^i. ^.kj ji a) _ijil»i U£JL3 o^Lc ^1 ^^c^i a^> ^j^LU. ^.i 0sjrf. a^> c^r^iy* A^-ia ^.jj jji s^r^uj,, ^u u^ ai jV.~? J»k jl ^J ^-W5 A^=>~j jJ *U1 ,Jj ^ ^Ll ^ ~y. c)l OjLfi(Add. 17,927, f. 265a ; cf. Add. 16,684, f. 61a, b.) lxxviii
. Coins of the Shahs of Persia, Safavis, Afghans, Edsharis, Zands and ajars . \j-Z J*£~o J^-jj .iU iX^^=»j) A> 3 Jj> s£j> .i_ji. j»Uj jj oi^ b ^y* 3^11! ^J Jlft j illl Jj-Jj J-o-S0 J a!!1 VI aH 5) aCi j± \jj*» J-a» Jo-i^Co A«!Lo AiUsil^ «i U*O^-oU* j (l^j-i) i\y j«i jb^ 3 Mji) iJ c-C«J 0«&1»S J^ljf Jj^..< ^J&J (jisla^j ji AJ Ml Ul aL^5 J^~;l3 J^i. ^.kj ji a) _ijil»i U£JL3 o^Lc ^1 ^^c^i a^> ^j^LU. ^.i 0sjrf. a^> c^r^iy* A^-ia ^.jj jji s^r^uj,, ^u u^ ai jV.~? J»k jl ^J ^-W5 A^=>~j jJ *U1 ,Jj ^ ^Ll ^ ~y. c)l OjLfi(Add. 17,927, f. 265a ; cf. Add. 16,684, f. 61a, b.) lxxviii INTRODUCTION. The description of the coin should be as follows : —Obv. [^1]V . [w]. Kev. mOn referring to M. Sorets plate it will be obvious thatthis reading* is in part conjectural. On the obverse I donot find 0^> which he places before J.**o~J : the sign I Itake for the alifof that name. On the reverse the order ofthe concluding words, bracketed, is doubtful. The metalof the coin raises a suspicion that it is an ancient ii. Neither on coins nor in manuscripts do I find any poeticinscriptions until the reign ofAbbas II.} almost a centuryafter that of Ismail II. This Shah uses two distichs : ^J>\j ^Lc Jo* jl jj Throughout the world imperial* money came,Struck by Gods grace in Abbas Sanis name. ^ytf ^Uft ^Xfi s--J£> l^e. ijk*Jpj Lo! at this time throughout the world imperial money came,Struck by Gods grace in Alls watch-dogf Abbas Sanis name. * Imperial ^ . f Lit. dog, guardian of AH Rizas shrine at Mosk-hcd. INTRODUCTION. IxxiX We are informed in the Kisas that the first of thesedistichs was adopted the day after this Shah was proc
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