تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.22.1

13.22.1

ولما وصلت إلى الدار التي أعدت لنزولي وجدت فيها ما يحتلج إليه من فرش وبسط وحصر واوان وسرير الرقاد، وأسرتهم بالهند خفيفة الحمل، يحمل السرير منها الرجل الواحد، ولا بد لكل احد أن يستصحب السرير في السفر يحمله غلامه على رأسه وهو أربع قوائم مخروطة، يعرض عليها أربعة أعواد، وتنسج عليها ضفائر من الحرير أو القطن، فإذا نام الانسان عليه لم يحتج إلى ما يرطبه به لأنه يعطي الرطوبة من ذاته.

When I had got to the house prepared for me, I found it furnished with every carpet, vessel, couch, and fuel, one could desire. The victuals which they brought us consisted of flour, rice, and flesh, all of which was brought from the mother of the Emperor. Every morning we paid our respects to the Vizier, who on one occasion gave me two thousand dinars, and said: This is to enable you to get your clothes washed. He also gave me a large robe of honour; and to my attendants, who amounted to about forty, he gave two thousand dinars. After this, the Emperor’s allowance was brought to us, which amounted to the weight of one thousand Dehli-Ritls of flour, where every Ritl is equal to five and twenty Ritls of Egypt. We also had one thousand Ritls in the Tijarat Namah : (<ul5 ^ fcXwsh cLwaLi.Cj <L.>- L ** ^ * . &^ ^ ■■ ^ t A4)\j <Li Lc \»i^ itly . LU^jli ijoyo^ u\-i)lj Know that 8 rice grains make 1 red grain, which in the Hindee is called a Ratti : 8 of these grains make 1 Masha ; 3| Mashas, 1 Dram ; 4^ Mashas, 1 Mathkal ; 4 barley corns, 1 Dang ; 12 Mashas a Tola ; 16 Mashas, 1 Dam ; 1 Ritl is equal to half a Ser ; 1 Maund to 1 Ser. See also Shakespear’s Hindustani Dictionary under ^ <Lite , , j-—j , and : and Hamilton’s India. The following are the names and values of measures used in Hindustan, in measuring grain and other heavy substances, as given in the Tijarat Namah.