[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Administrative System of the Marathas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923) › c13.9 # Administrative System of the Marathas c13.9 Administrative System of the Marathas c13.9 - **Language:** English ### [c13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.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. - [Previous: c13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13.8) - [Next: c13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13.10) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sen-1923.c13.9) · Pramāṇa