[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [Akbar-nama, of Shaikh Abu-l Fazl (Elliot & Dowson, extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-elliot) › 60 # The Book of Akbar 60: The Mint. Akbar-náma, of Shaikh Abu-l Fazl (Elliot & Dowson, extracts) 60 - **Language:** English ### [60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-elliot.60) \[Text, vol. iii. p. 195.\] On the 2nd Azar, Muzaffar Khan, Raja Todar Mal, and Khwaja Shah Mansur were summoned to a council at Kot-pakali, where many important matters were discussed and settled. Bihar was given to Shuja’at Khan, Mir Mu’izzu-l Mulk and other adherents. The mint of the Empire, which had been under the management of a chaudhari, was now divided. That of Fathpur was placed under the direction of Khwaja ’Abdu-s Samad, the elegant penman (shirin-kalam); that of Lahore under Muzaffar Khan; of Bengal, under Raja Todar Mal; of Jaunpur, under Khwaja Shah Mansur; of Gujarat, under Khwaja ’Imadu-d din Husain; and of Patna, under Asaf Khan. On the same day an order was issued, directing the coinage of four-cornered rupees. - [Previous: 59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-elliot.59) - [Next: 61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-elliot.61) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-elliot.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-elliot.60) · Pramāṇa