Works, Volume 41Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 54
... coin which has been called rupee ( Rúpiya ) since the days of Sher Sháh ( 1540-5 ) , and that this silver coin was equal to one - fourth of the gold dínár of the West ( Maghrib , i.e. Western Barbary ) ; whilst it was one - tenth of the ...
... coin which has been called rupee ( Rúpiya ) since the days of Sher Sháh ( 1540-5 ) , and that this silver coin was equal to one - fourth of the gold dínár of the West ( Maghrib , i.e. Western Barbary ) ; whilst it was one - tenth of the ...
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... coin recommenced2 . ( 4 ) From this time the old standard ( 175 grains ) of Mahomed's predecessors was readopted for gold , and was preserved to the 1 These coins appear to have been officially termed respectively Sikkah and Fizzat ...
... coin recommenced2 . ( 4 ) From this time the old standard ( 175 grains ) of Mahomed's predecessors was readopted for gold , and was preserved to the 1 These coins appear to have been officially termed respectively Sikkah and Fizzat ...
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... coin of a.h. 734 ( A.D. 1334 , and therefore previous to the resumption of a systematic coinage ) as containing 168 grains of pure silver , his examples show in the reign of Mahomed's successor Firuz Sháh the gold coin of 175 grain ...
... coin of a.h. 734 ( A.D. 1334 , and therefore previous to the resumption of a systematic coinage ) as containing 168 grains of pure silver , his examples show in the reign of Mahomed's successor Firuz Sháh the gold coin of 175 grain ...
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Central Arabia third pilgrimage crosses the Red Sea and travels | 7 |
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