Storia do Mogor 211.1.7

211.1.7

8. Mint. — The charges of the Taksāl, or Mint, on the coining, whether of gold or silver, together with the exchange on Palliacat and Chinapatnam (? Madras) pagodas, are remitted. 9. On ghaza-am [ghiza-i-'am] — that is, grain and all such wares — the dealers had to pay the king, causing prices to rise. From all such dues the Company and their servants are exempted. The farman bears the titles and attestations of Asad Khan, the wazir. The correspondence is continued in twenty-four more letters, beginning with Laurens Pit and Council at Pulicat to the Seventeen at Middelburg (a long letter), dated January 6, 1690, and ending with the Governor-General's letter from Batavia to the same body, dated March 26, 1691.