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18 83.] The Rupees of the Months of the Ilahi Years of AJcbar. 
Munslri Devi Pershad published by Nawal Kishore, Lakhnau, 1878 A. D 
(the result of five years of labour as the author tells us), in Chap. II 
Sect. I, p. 52 &c., we have a short but clear account of the Persian, Jalal 
and Ilahi years. Much more may have been written on these subjects.* 
I shall here give as plain and brief a notice as will suffice us for our 
present purpose, and I refer those who have time and opportunity to the 
works already mentioned and to others, for fuller and more particular 
information. 
The Persian year was instituted by Yezdegird III eight days after the 
death of Muhammad. The year was divided into 365 da} r s. There were 
twelve months each of which had 30 days, except the twelfth which had 
35 days. The fractions of the days in 120 years made another month, so 
that every 120 years there were 13 months in the year. The first month 
was duplicated, for the first time this occurred, the second month for the 
second time, &c. The names of the months were : 
F arwardin 
Ardibihisht 
Khurdad 
Tir 
Amardad or Mardad 
Shahriyar 
Mihr 
A ban 
Azar 
Di 
Bah man 
Isfandarmuz. 
There were no weeks. But each day of the month was named separate¬ 
ly. Hyde gives these names both in Persian and Pahlavi. 
Malik Shah Sultan of Khorasan improved somewhat on the above. 
Making his year commence on the entrance of the sun in Aries, be ordered 
that the year should receive an additional day whenever it was required. 
This was mostly as with us every fourth year. But after the day had been 
added seven or eight times, the addition was postponed for a year. The 
days were added at the end of Aban, not at the end of Isfandarmuz. These 
days were called The five days added to the Persian year wore 
termed Aiyhwo First of all the months were called— 
Mah Nau 
Nau Bahar 
Garni a Faza 
* In the History of Cluj rat is a translation of the proclamation of Akbar in his 
30th year about the Ilahi year. 
