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² Satyanatha, *Nayaks*, p. 2. Gopinatha Rao in his Introduction to *Madhurāvijayam* says that the Sultans of Madura "issued even coins of their own. One of these coins bears on its obverse the words 'Ahsan Shah 738' (of Hijra, i.e., A.D. 1377-8) and on the reverse 'Al Husainiyyu'", p. 29. Cf. Tufnell, *Hints to Coin Collectors*, pp. 26-7; *Epigraphia Indica*, VI, p. 324.