Administrative System of the Marathas c13.9
Administrative System of the Marathas c13.9
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c13.9
The silver Asrafis were nothing but Portuguese Xerafins. A Xerafim was equal to 300 reis or pies. The word, Prof. Dalgado supposed, was derived from Perso Arabic Ashrafi. See Dalgado, *Glossario Luso Asiatico*, Vol. II, pp. 424-425.