The Institutes of Akbar 25.1

25.1

One round muhur of 11 máshahs buys one tólah of gold of 10 bán; or one tólah, 2 surkhs of 9 3/4 bán; or 1 tólah, 4 s. of 9 1/2 bán; or 1 tólah 6 s. of 9 1/4 bán; or 1 tólah, 1 máshah of 9 bán; and similarly, according to the same proportion, the decrease of one bán increases the quantity of gold which a muhur can buy, by one máshah. The merchant buys for 100 La'l i Jalálí muhurs 130 t. 2 m. 0 1/8 s. of Hún gold of 8 1/2 báns. Of this quantity 22 t. 9 m. 7 1/8 s. burn away in melting, and mix with the khák i khalás, so that 107 t. 4 m. 1 1/8 s. of pure gold remain, which are coined into 105 muhurs, leaving a remainder of nearly half a tólah of gold, the value of which is 4 rupees. From the khák i khalás are recovered 2 t. 11 m. 4 1/8 s. of gold, and 11 t. 11 m. 4 1/8 s. of silver, the value of both of which is 35 rupees, 12 1/2 tangahs, so that altogether the abovementioned quantity of Hún gold yields 105 muhurs, 39 Rs., and 25 dáms.