OCT. — DEC. 1856. J 



Notes on Indian Currencies. 



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" Some say that Direms were of 10, 9, 6 or 5 miskals, others 

 " of 20, 12, or 10 Keerats weight and that Omar formed a coin of 

 " 14 Keerats being J of the aggregate sum. In Omar's time 

 " were current several kinds of Dirhems of 8 dangees." 



" Fazel Khojendy says in former times there were two kinds of 

 <{ Dirhems ; 8 dangees and 6 dangees, 



" 2 Hebbehs = 1 Tessuj, 

 " 2 Tessuj = 1 Keerat, 

 " 2 Keerats == 1 Dang. 



" Dinar is a gold coin weighing one miscal and is equal to If of a 

 " Dirhem. 



" Miscal is a weight used in weighing gold and is also the name 

 " of a coin. 



" 12 Zerrahs = 1 Kitmeer, 



" 6 Kitmeers = 1 Nekeer, 



" 6 Nekeers = 1 Feteel, 



" 6 Feteels = 1 Ful, 



" 12 Fuls = 1 Mustard seed, 



" 6 Mustard seeds = 1 Barley corn, 



" 2 Barley corns = 1 Hebbeh, 



" 2 Hebbehs = 1 Tessuj, 



" 4 Tessuj = 1 Dang, 



" 6 Dangs = 1 Miscal, 



by which a Miscal = 96 Barley corns 



a Dang =~ 16 Do. 



a Keerat == 8 Do. 



Upon the termination of the Ghazni dynasty in the 12th century, 

 the house of Ghor, the slave Kings and the princes of Kilji, of 

 Toglak, of the Seiads, and of Lodi followed in succession, and 

 bring the history of India down to the house of Teimour and the 

 conquests of Baber in 1526 who founded the empire of the Moguls. 

 In Elphinstone's account of Alia u Din's reign of the house of 



Khilii, at the beginning of the 14th century, mention 

 1295—1316 A. D. . J \ , * a , ■ . ' 



is made, that Cafur one of the king's generals re- 

 turning from an expedition, brought with him vast treasures to 



