تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.22.5

13.22.5

وبعد ذلك عينت ضيافة السلطان، وهي ألف رطل هندية من الدقيق، ثلثها من الميرا، وهو الدرمك، وثلثاها من الخشكار وهو المدهون، وألف رطل من اللحم، ومن السكر والسمن والسليف والفوفل أرطال كثيرة لا أذكر عددها، والألف من ورق التنبول، والرطل الهندي عشرون رطلا من أرطال المغرب، وخمسة وعشرون من أرطال مصر، وكانت ضيافة خذا وندزادة أربعة آلاف رطل من الدقيق ومثلها من اللحم مع ما يناسبها مما ذكرناه.

In the country places of these parts (Farakh Abad) also the weights vary, no one having been established. According to Mr. Shakespear, the Calcutta rupee was by an order of the English government in India, in 1793, fixed to the weight of 179| grains (troy) : but, whether our writer reckons by this standard or not, it is more than I can positively say: it is most likely that he does, as the work was written for a servant of the Company CL^\j j---' Mr. Robert Batiras? perhaps Patterson) in 1806. of flesh; and of fermented liquors, oil, oil-olive, and the betel-nut, many Ritls; and also many of the betel-leaf.

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.