Seer (unit)

British Indian units of mass
Mughal Empire 1 maund = 40 seers 1 seer = 30 dams 1 dam = 5 tanks 1 tank = 3 mashas 1 masha = 8 ruttees
Bengal Presidency 1 maund = 8 passerees 1 passeree = 5 seers 1 seer = 16 chitaks 1 chitak = 5 tolas 1 tola = 12 mashas 1 masha = 8 rattis 1 ratti = 4 dhans Regulation VII 1833 fixed the mass of one tola as 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams)
Bombay Presidency 1 candy = 20 maunds 1 maund = 40 seers 1 seer = 72 tanks The maund was fixed at 28 pounds avoirdupois (¼ hundredweight) (12.700 586 36 kilograms)
Madras Presidency 1 candy = 20 maunds 1 maund = 8 vis 1 vis = 5 seers 1 seer = 8 pollums 1 pollum = 10 pagodas The maund was fixed at 25 pounds avoirdupois (11.339 809 25 kilograms)

A Seer (also sihr) is a traditional unit of mass and volume used in large parts of Asia prior to the middle of the 20th century. It remains in use only in a few countries such as Afghanistan and Iran, although in the latter it indicates a smaller unit of weight than the one used in India.

In India, the seer (Government seer) was defined by the Standards of Weights and Measures Act (No. 89 of 1956, amended in 1960 and 1964) as being exactly equal to 1.25 kg (1.792 lb). However, there were many local variants of the seer in India.

In Aden (Oman), Nepal, and Pakistan a seer was approximately 0.93310 kg (2.057 lb) derived from the Government seer of British colonial days.

In Afghanistan, it was a unit of mass, approximately 7.066 kg (15.58 lb).

In Persia (and later Iran), it was and remains in two units.

The smaller weight is now part of the national weight system in Iran and is used on daily basis for small measures of delicate foodstuff and choice produce.

In Sri Lanka, it was a measure of capacity, approximately 1.86 pint (1.024 litres)

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