866 PERSIA
The coins in circulation, with their vahies calculated at exchange II. — 50 krans, are
Silver.
Copi)er.
Fdl .... 0'12d.
Shdhi = 2Piil . . . 0-24:d.
Two Shdhts= 4. PHI . . O'dSd
Four Shdhts - (1 Abhdssi) . -^Qd.
Mis =
6-49 lbs
, =
7-30
J =
10-14
- =
12-98
, =
25 -96
, —
8-52
J =z
116-80
ins =
649-
Five SkdMs =10 Fill = i Krdnl-20d.
Ten Shdhts = h Krdn . 2A0d.
One Krd7i = 20 Shdhts . 4 -80c?.
Two Krdns . . . 9-60d.
Five Krdns . . .2s. O'OOd. Gold coins are : ^ Toman, ^ Toman, 1 Toman, 2, 5 and 10 Tomans. The Toman is nominally worth 10 Krdns ; very few gold pieces are in circu- lation, and a gold Toman is at present worth 16*50 Krdns = Qs. 7^d.
Accounts are reckoned in dinars, an imaginary coin, the ten-thousandth part of a toman often krans. A kran therefore = 1,000 dinars ; one shahi = 50 dinars.
The unit of weight is the miskal (71 grains), subdivided into 24 nakhods (2-96 grains) of 4 gandum (-74 grain) each. Sixteen miskals make a sir, and 5 sir make an abbassi, also called wakkeh, kervankeh. Most articles are bought and sold by a weight called batman or man. The mans most frequently in use are : —
Man-i- Tabriz =8 Abbdssis . . . = 640 MisTcdls Man-i-Noh Abbdssi = 9 Abbdssts . . = 720 Man-i-Koh7ieh {the old. msin) . . . =1,000 Man-i-Shdh = 2 Tabriz Mans . . . =1,280 Man-i-Eeij = 4: ,, . . . =2,560
Man-i-Bender Abbdsst . . . . = 840
Man-i-ffdshe77ii = 16 Mans o( . . , 720
Corn, straw, coal, &c., are sold by A7i«/'mr = 100 Tah^tz Mans
The unit of measure is the zar or gez ; of this standard several are in use. The most common is the one of 40-95 inches; another, used in Azerbaijan, equals 44-09 inches. A farsakh theoretically = 6, 000 zar of 40-95 inches = 3 -87 miles. Some calculate the farsakh at 6,000 zar of 44-09 inches = 4 -17 miles.
The measure of surface is jerib = 1,000 to 1,066 square zar of 40-95 inches = 1,294 to 1,379 square yards.
Diplomatic Representatives.
1. Of Persia in Great Britain.
Envoy and Minister. — Mirza Mohamed Ali Khan, Ala-es-Sultaneh, ac- credited March 4, 1890.
Secretaries. — Hussein Kuli Khan, Mirza Mehdi Khan, and Mirza Abdul QhufFar Khan.
Consiil- General. — H. S. Foster,
2. Of Great Britain in Persia.
Teherdn: Envoy, Minister, and Consul- General. — SirH.Mo--timer Durand K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E. Appointed May 1, 1894.
Secretary of Legation. — Cecil A. Spring-Rice.
Military Attache and Oriental Secretary. — Lieut. -Col. H. P. Picot.
Tabriz: Consul-Gencral. — Cecil Godfrey Wood.
Resht and Astrabdd : Consul. — H. L. Churchill.
Bushire : Political Resident and Consul-Gencral. — Lieut. -Col. Malcolm Meade.
Vice-Consul. — John C. Gaskin.
Meshed: Consul-Gencral. — Lieut. -Col. H. M. Temple.
Ispahdn : Consiil. — J. R. Preeee.
