574 Notes on the Geography of Western Afghanistan. [June, 



Value. 



Persian alphabet. 



Greek alphabet. 



] 



\ 



a 



2 



(■j 



fi 



3 



£ 



7 



4 



a 



§ 



5 



a 



6 



6 



j 



s 



7 



3 



r 



8 



z 



?7 



9 



h 







10 



LS 



t 



20 



^ 



K 



30 



J 



\ 



40 



1* 



V- 



50 



il) 



V 



60 



U" 



1 



70 



C 







80 



o 



7T 



90 



u 9 





100 



<3 



P 



200 



J 



<T 



300 





T 



400 



o 



U 



500 



& 



4> 



600 



£ 



X 



700 



<i 



* 



800 



u° 



CO 



900 



£ 





1000 



t 





2 

 1 



i 



T 



n 



id 



*? 



3 



D 



3 

 }£ 



P 



1 



These letters are thus combined : — 



33=y 



38=^ 



] 345==^«^ aT/xe 



5010=^* « 



135000=q^ «* 



In the Persian the highest number of each division comes first, and 

 the divisions in the same order. A mark below the letter in the Greek 

 indicates the division of thousands. 



Now it is evident, that many of these letters are the same in form 

 and depend on their diacritical marks for their correct value* But, alas ! 



