1838.] 



of Cabul and Bukhara. 



897 









Value 



in 



Indian 









Weight 



Cabul Cur- 



Metal. 



Rate per 



currency 



Com- 



Value 



in! 



3ritish 



in 



rency. 





Rupee. 



pany's. 





Cu 



rrency. 



grains. 









Rs. 



As. 



Pies. 



£ 



s. 



d. 





1 Kouree, 



Shell, 



1920 











.083 











.010 





1 Kuseera, .. 



Copper, 



240 











.671 











.083 



35 



1 Ghaz, 



Ditto, 



120 











1.342 











.166 



70 



1 Pysa, 



Ditto, 



60 











2.685 











.333 



142 



1 Shahee, 



Silver, 



12 







1 



1.425 











1.666 



15 



1 Sunwar, 



Ditto, 



6 







2 



2.850 











3.333 



30 



1 Abbasee, . . 



Ditto, 



3 







4 



5.700 











6.666 



60 



1 Rupee, 



Ditto, 



1 







13 



8.102 







1 



8.000 



147 



1 Tilla, (7 Rs.) 



Gold, 



14285 



5 



15 



8.717 







11 



9.097 



71 



1 Boodkee, 



Ditto, 



per 0-0 Rs. 

















(6 Rs.) .. 





16,666 Rs. 



5 



2 



.615 







9 



0.048 



525 



117 Cabul Rs. 

 100 Ditto, 







100 











9 



IS 













85 



7 



6.226 



8 



6 



8.880 





The old Heratee and Shah Zumanee rupees (out of currency now) 

 coined at Herat and Cabul respectively in the years 1214, 1216, and 

 1217 A. H. weigh each 2^ miscals or 178^ grains, being only two 

 grains less in weight than the present Bombay and Madras rupees of one 

 tola. They contain five grains of alloy. The present Cabul rupee 

 weighs 147 grs. and contains the same quantity of alloy though it is 

 less in weight than the former. 



Of Bukhara Weights. 



Tola. 



Pow. 



Neemcha. 



Charuk. 



Dooneemsur. 



Poot or Pood, (Russian.) 



Mun of Bukhara. 

 This is the general commercial weight of Toorkistan or Tartary. 

 The pood is a Russian weight used at Bukhara in purchasing Russian 

 commodities. The tola obtains currency in Bulkh, • Khulum and 

 Kunduz, where it is employed in weighing tea, wax, silk, and grocery. 

 In Bukhara, grains, flour and such other bulky articles are weighed by 

 the mun — meat, butter, milk, &c. by the charuk ; while sugar, fruit, 

 ghee, &c, &c, are weighed by the neemcha. 



VI. Table of the weights of Bukhara compared with those of Ca- 

 bul, England and India. 



4J Miscals 





1 



20 



Tolas 



= 



1 



2 



Pow 



= 



1 



4 



Neemcha 



= 



I 



4 



Charuks 



= 



1 



2 



Doneemseer 



= 



1 



16 



Ditto 



— 



1 







English Avoirdu- 







Bukhara. 



Cabul. 



pois weight. 



Indian. 









lbs. oz. drs. 



Mun seer tola masba ruttee. 



1 Mun, 



21§ Seers, 



278 12 



12 24 24 11 



1.440 



1 Doneemseer, 



1| ditto, 



17 6 12 



31 15 6 



5.590 



1 Neemcha, .. 



5 Khoordor or 











100 miscal 



1 1 6| 



1 27 2 



5.349 



1 Charuk, .. 



5 Pow, 



4 5 11 



7 24 10 



5.397 



1 Pood, 



3£ Seers 



34 13 8 



1 23 3 1 



3 180 



1 Tola, 



4£ Miscals, 



6905 



18 



2.424 



1 Pow, 



2| Khoord, 



8 11,375 



27 7 



2.674 



5 u2 



