History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c17.20

c17.20

*jitals* to the *tankah* would be more in keeping with probablity than one of 50 *jitals*" which ratio is given by Ferishtah. Mr. Wright further adds "the fractional silver issues of 7th century point emphatically to a *tankah* of 48 jitals. To that extent Ferishtah's statement which after all was made some centuries later must be regarded as indirectly corroborative rather than implicity correct. The *jital* then may be taken as equivalent to two ratties of silver."¹⁰ Thus if we take a *tankah* equal to a rupee, a *jital* could be equal to 1⅓ of our modern pice.