History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c8.9

c8.9

and this is supported by the *Masālik* wherein Devagiri is described as the *Qubbat-al-Islam*.⁵ The author the *Masālik* derived his information from one who had seen Devagiri with his own eyes. In Nelson Wright's Catalogue of coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, there is a gold coin (No. 307) issued in 727 A.H., bearing the same superscription as the above.⁶ Further evidence of this is supplied by the fact that earlier coins struck at the Devagiri mint are different. The title of *Qubbat-al-Islam* does not appear on the coins issued in various years, but we have a coin struck at Daulatabad, the new name of Devagiri in 726 A.H., having on the margin the following legend which is different from the one quoted above:⁷