1866.] MeijnanVs Ihn Khordddbeh. 127 



akkuk. 



Kaylaja. 



Mana. 



Bod 



(pound.) 



Ounce. 



Istar. 



Mithqal. 



1 



3 



H 



11* 



135 



225 



1012J 





1 



n 



3| 



45 



75 



3371 







i 



2 



24 



40 



180 









1 



12 



1 



20 

 If 



1 



90 



n 



1 



In this table three systems of weight are brought together : the 

 Roman monetary, the Greek apothecary, and the Persian heavy 

 weights. I ought to observe that the grain of i^*-£ in Herat was, 

 even in later times, so small, that 100 such grains were required to 

 make up a Mithqal. In some places 3 i/abba made a Tassuj. 



I now insert an abstract of the calculations of 'Alyy iTasany, who 

 wrote at Murshidabad in A. II. 1164, transcribed from his autograph. 



1 grain of barley =z 2 grains of riye = 4 grains of mustard. 



1 Masha = 8 Raty = 36 grains of barley = 72 grains of riye. 



1 Tola = 12 Mashas = 96 Raties = 9 Dirhams of the law-books 

 =r 6fV Mithqals. 



A Paysa (copper coin) of 'Alamgyr has exactly the weight of one 

 Tola, but the Paysa of Bengal, current in 1164, weighs 10J Raties. 



1 Ser of 'Alamgyr = 60 Tolas. 



1 Man of 'Alamgyr = 40 Sers. 



1 Bengal Rupee = 10 Mash as and 2 Raties. 



1 Delhi Rupee = 10 Mashas. 



1 Ashrafy = 9 Mashas and 6 Raties. 



1 Qyrat = -^ of a Mithqal of the traditions = 3f grains of 

 barley = § Raty and f grain. 



1 Daneq = £ Dirhem = 8 grains = 1 Raty and 3 J grains 



1 Dirhem = 6 Daneq = 48 grains = T ^ Mithqal = lOf Raties. 



1 Mithqal == 68f grains = 20 Qyrat = If Dirhams = 14 Raties 

 and 1 T V grains. 



1 Rod of 'Iraq = 130 Dirhems = 91 Mithqals = 6240 grains = 

 | Rofl of Madyna = 1380| Raties. 



1 Rofl of Makka = 2 Iraqy Rods = 182 Mithqals == 260 Dir- 

 hems = 12480 grains = 2773J Raties. 



