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Page 58
... gold Tangah was coined to be worth ten silver ones may slightly favour the reality of the supposed ratio between gold and silver , as there seems to have been often a propensity to make the chief gold and chief silver coin of the same ...
... gold Tangah was coined to be worth ten silver ones may slightly favour the reality of the supposed ratio between gold and silver , as there seems to have been often a propensity to make the chief gold and chief silver coin of the same ...
Page 60
... gold coin of 175 grain standard running parallel with continued issues of the silver ( or professedly silver ) coin of 140 grains . ( 5 ) During this time in Bengal the local coinage of silver retained an approximation at least to the ...
... gold coin of 175 grain standard running parallel with continued issues of the silver ( or professedly silver ) coin of 140 grains . ( 5 ) During this time in Bengal the local coinage of silver retained an approximation at least to the ...
Page 62
... gold considerably1 . 1 Some illustration of the popular view of this influx of gold is given at p . 57. Another anecdote bearing on the subject is quoted at II , p . 144 ( supra ) . And the Masalak - al - Absar says that Mahomed Bin ...
... gold considerably1 . 1 Some illustration of the popular view of this influx of gold is given at p . 57. Another anecdote bearing on the subject is quoted at II , p . 144 ( supra ) . And the Masalak - al - Absar says that Mahomed Bin ...
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Central Arabia third pilgrimage crosses the Red Sea and travels | 7 |
residence in India his extravagance 13 he falls into disfavour | 15 |
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