APPENDIX. 
APPENDIX, No. I. 
MONEY IN PERSIA . 
(those xn italics have only a nominal existence. ACCOUNTS are kept in dinars and piastres.) 
5 Dinars — 
20 Dinars = 
25 Dinars = 
50 Dinars = 
500 Dinars = 
1,000 Dinars — 
1,250 Dinars = 
1 Ghauz. 
1 Beestee. 
| Shahee. 
1 Shahee. 
10 Shahee = £ 
20 Shahee = 1 
1 Realf. 
Groush. 
Groush* * * § . 
2,500 Dinars = 
10,000 Dinars = 
3 Shahee = 
4 Shahee — 
8 Shahee = 
100,000 Rupees = 
50 Shahee — 1 Ashreffee. 
10 Piastres = 1 Tomaun* 
1 Shahee]:. 
1 Abas see. 
1 Real or Rupee §. 
1 Lack. 
* This appears the piastre in value. “ A piastre is about two shillings British.” “ Average exchange between 
« Persia and India, one hundred and thirty piastres for one hundred rupees.” 
■}• “ Containing two miscals, six helwd of silver. None of the coins that are struck in Persia have any alloy.” 
J “ The present shahee takes its name from the shahee of the Sefpis, but has increased in value owing to the rise 
« of silver. They have no coin of greater amount than the tomaun, except it be a very large piece which the King 
« has struck for the luxury and magnificence of his own treasury, and which is equal to one thousand tomauns, or 
“ ten thousand piastres.” 
§ As there is some obscurity, the whole passage in the original is subjoined here: 
8 Shahee = 1 Real or Rupee. 
Reals = 1 Ditto. 
Reals = 1 Ditto. 
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