The Institutes of Akbar 21.1

21.1

1. The S’hansah is a round coin weighing 101 tólahs, 9 máshahs, and 7 surkhs, in value equal to 100 La'li jalálí-muhurs. On the field of one side is engraved the name of his Majesty, and on the five arches in the border, alsultánu ala’zamu alkháqánu almu’azzamu khallada alláhu mulkahu wa sultánahu zarbu dári-lkhiláfati Agrah,—“The great sultan, the distinguished emperor, may God perpetuate his kingdom and his reign! Struck at the capital Agrah.” On the field of the reverse is the beautiful formula, and the following verse of the Qorán:—Alláhu yarzuqu man yasháu bighairi hisábin,—“God is bountiful unto whom He pleaseth, without measure;”—and roundabout are the names of the first four califs. This is what was first cut by Mauláná Maqsúd, the engraver; after which Mullá ’Alí Ahmad made with great skill the following additions. On one side, Afzalu dínárin yanfuquhu alrajulu, dínárun yanfuquhu ’ala ashábihi fí sabílilláh,—“The best coin which a man expends, is a coin which he spends on his co-religionists in the path of God.”
And on the other side he wrote,
Alsultánu al’alí alkhalífatu almuta’álí khallada alláhu ta’álá mulkahu wa sultánahu, wa abbada ’adlahu wa ihsánahu,—“The sublime sultan, the exalted calif, may God the Almighty perpetuate his kingdom and his reign, and give eternity to his justice and bounty !”
Afterwards all this was removed, and the following two Rubá’ís of the court-poet and philosopher Shaikh Faizí were engraved by him. On one side,