[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) › 25.4 # The Institutes of Akbar 25.4 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 25.4 - **Language:** English ### [25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.25.4) Of the silver called Jéri and Shahí, and the other above mentioned baser coins, one rupee buys 1 t. 0 m. 4 s., so that 950 Rupees will buy 989 t. 7 m. In the Sabbákí process, 14 t. 10 m. 1 s. burn away, being at the rate of 1½ t. per cent.; and in making the ingots, 4 t. 11 m. 3 s. are lost in the fire. The remainder yields 1012 rupees; and from the khák i kharal 3¼ Rs. are recoverable. The several items are—first, 4 Rs. 27 d. 2½ j. on account of the wages of the workmen (viz., the Weighman 5 d. 7½ j.; the Sabbák 2 Rs. 0 d. 19 j.; the Qurchí 4 d. 19 j.; the Chashnigír 3 d. 4 j.; the Melter 6 d. 12½ j.; the Zarráb 2 Rs. 1 d.; the Sikkachí 6 d. 12½ j.); secondly, 5 Rs. 24 d. 15 j. for necessaries, (viz. 5 Rs. 14 d. lead; 10 d. charcoal; and 15 j. water); thirdly, 50 Rs. 24 d., payable to the state; fourthly, 950 Rs. which the merchant receives for his silver; fifthly, 4 Rs. 29 d. his profit. Sometimes the merchant gets the silver cheap, when his profit is much larger. 1044 dams buy one man of copper, i. e., at the rate of 26 d. 2½ j. per sér. Out of this quantity, one sér is burnt away in melting; and as each sér yields 30 dams, there are coined altogether 1170 dams, from which the merchant takes his capital, and 18 d. 19½ j. as profit. 33 d. 10 j. go to the workmen; and 15 d. 8 j. for necessaries, (viz. 13 d. 8 j. for charcoal; 1 d. for water; and 1 d. for clay); 58½ d. go to the state. - [Previous: 25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.25.3) - [Next: 26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.26) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.25) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.25.4) · Pramāṇa