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of the 6th ycai- of his rcig-n. In my catahtgue, a moliui' of Farwardlii 

 of year G, weighs 218 grains, but it has a loop attaohed aud would pro- 

 bably weigh but 2J0 grains without it. Anotlicr niohur of Dl, tlic same 

 year, weighs 1G8 grains, Di being the tenth month and Farwardin the 

 first; while Ardlbihisht is the second month of the year. Of rupees of 

 the 6tli year in my list is one struck iu Aixllbihisht weighing 217 grains ; 

 one of Lfihor, of Tir 217, aud one of Labor, of Araardad, of 17.5 grains. 

 Tir is the fourth month, and Amardad is the fifth, so that we see that 

 the orders of the Emperor reached Labor after the striking of these 

 two rupees. They did not reach Knshmir and Qandahilr, however, so 

 easily, for in my catalogue are 3 rupees of Kashmir of the 7th year, 

 weighing 2u9'5, 210 and 211 grains, and one of Qaudahfir weighing 

 209-5. 



There is a difficulty, however, in the passage. It says that the in- 

 crease in the mohur and rupee was only three ratis. Now, three ratis 

 is an ordinary variation in rupees from wear and tear, as can be seen by 

 a casual glance at any Coin Catalogue, and such a small increment would 

 not inconvenience anybody. The word for 3 in Persian is &^. I pro- 

 pose to change it to ^«» or 30. I find that 30 rati seeds gathered by 

 me on the field of Karukhslietra weigh 4-4 grains, and 44 is the differ- 

 ence between 176 and 220. I find, however, that 30 rati seeds gathered 

 by me at Niirpur iu the Kdugra District weigh 54 grains, so that we 

 must know what kind of ratis were in use in Agra, where probably 

 Jahangir held his Court. 



Suppose we alter the word rati to mdsha, then three raashas are 

 equal to 24 ratis. Now, 24 of the Nurpur ratis draw exactly 44 grains. 

 Some time ago I obtained from the bazar a stone weight, a mfisha, it 

 weighed 9| ratis. This is the masha iu use amongst jewellers and 

 sellers of precious stones. 



I think tlie word should be ind.'<ha, and not rati. Ratis are never 

 used for weighing things that are a masha in weight, only for weighing 

 fractional parts of the miisha. Botli methods of correcting the text 

 agree with the weights of rupees in our collections. I have not any 

 other edition of the Tozuk. The Urdu translation gives 3 ratis, so I 

 presume it was made from the xlligarh Edition. 



The difference in the weights of the mohurs is not the same as the 

 difference in the rupees 210 — 108 = 42 grains. It is, however, uear 

 enough. Some of the early mohurs were only 202 grains. As those 

 in the Lahore Museum are as fresh as if they had come from the mint 

 yesterday, we may say that that was their original weight. Afterwards 

 they rose to 210 gi-ains. 



1 believe this is tlie only pas-<;ig(> in whioli Jahnngir notices his 



