1838.] 



of Cabul and Bukhara. 



893 



rary system of Afghanistan and Tartary, I have preferred it for my 

 standard by which all the other weights are ascertained with the utmost 

 precision. There are 1280 miscals in a Cabul seer. 



2nd. Seer i Tabreez, which is only the 16th part of a charuk or 

 20 miscals ~ 2 ounces and 460 grains troy. 



3rd. Seer i Hindustan, or that introduced from India. 



4th. Chooraika are foreign measures, and not much used. 



I. The commercial weights of Cabul as compared with British and 

 Indian weights. 



Cabul weights & 



Value in 



British 





Value in 



Indian wei 



srhts. 



their denomina- 



avoirdupois weight. 





Bombay 



and Guzerat. 



tions. 























lbs. 



oz. 



grains. 



mds. 



seer 



tola masha 



ruttee dhan. 



1 Nukhoad, 











2.958 















1 



2 



315 



1 Shahee, 











17.750 















1 



1 



1.891 



1 Miscal, 











71.000 















4 



5 



3.466 



1 Khoord or seer, 





















Tabreez, 







3 



107.187 











7 



10 



5 



1.320 



1 Pow or Powee, 







12 



428.748 







1 



3 



6 



5 



1,280 



1 Charuk, 



3 



3 



402.062 







4 



14 



2 



5 



1.120 



1 Seer, 



12 



15 



295.312 







18 







10 



5 



480 



1 MunKhanee,... 



103 



13 



175.000 



3 



24 



7 



1 







3.840 



1 Khurwar, ...| 



1038 



6 



0.000 



36 



2 



14 



11 



1 



2.400 



Besides giving the equivalent of the native weights in British Avoir- 

 dupois weight I have, in the above and other succeeding tables, endea- 

 voured to draw a comparison with the Indian weights, particularly those 

 of Bombay and Guzerat, which might if required, be easily converted 

 into Bengal weights by the following relation. 



Bombay and Guzerat. Bengal. British. 



3 Maunds, = 1 Mun or Stand-) , ,, « n . 



ardMaund, } = 34 lbs. av. or j cwt. 



2857 Seers, = 1 Seer of 80 tolas, = 2057 lbs. 



The tola =180 grains is uniform in all the presidencies. 



Goldsmith's or Jeweller s weight. 



4 Pa =1 Nukhoad. 



6 Nukhoads = 1 Shahee. 

 4 Shahee = 1 Miscal. 



* This is used chiefly by Hindu grocers in Calul in purchasing Indian Com- 

 modities. 



