[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 19 # The Institutes of Akbar 19: AIN 9. · THE METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE SILVER FROM THESE ASHES. The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 19 - **Language:** English ### [19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.19) Whatever ashes and dross have been collected, both before and after the process of alóní, they mix with double the quantity of pure lead, put them into a crucible, and keep them for one watch over the fire. When the metal is cold, they refine it as described under the article Sabbák, p. 22. The ashes of it are also k’haral. The salóní process is also performed in other ways well known to those conversant with the business. 18. The Púnwár having melted the k’haral, separates the silver from the copper. His fee for every tólah of silver is 1½ dams. As a return for the profit he makes, he pays monthly 300 dáms to the díwán. Having reduced the k’haral to small bits, he adds to every man of it 1½ sérs of tangár (borax), and three sérs of pounded natrum, and kneads them together. He then puts this mass, sér by sér, into the vessel above described, and melts it, when lead mixed with silver collects in the pit. This is afterwards refined by the process of the sabbák, and the lead which separates from this, and mixes with the ashes, turns punhar. 19. The Paikár buys the salóní and k’haral from the goldsmiths of the city, and carries them to the mint to be melted, and makes a profit on the gold and silver. For every man of salóní, he gives 17 dáms, and for the same quantity of k’haral 14 dáms, to the exchequer. 20. The Nechíwálah brings old copper-coins which are mixed with silver, to be melted; and from 100 tólahs of silver, 3½ rupees go to the diwán; and when he wishes to coin the silver, he pays a fixed quantity for it as duty. 21. The Khákshóe. When the owners of the metals get their gold and silver in the various ways which have now been described, the Khákshóe sweeps the mint, takes the sweepings to his own house, washes them, and gains a profit. Some of the sweepers carry on a very flourishing trade. The state receives from this man a monthly gift of 12½ rupees. And in like manner all the officers of the mint pay a monthly duty to the state, at the rate of three dáms for every 100 dáms. - [Previous: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.18) - [Next: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.20) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.19) · Pramāṇa