Seer (unit)

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For other uses, see Seer (disambiguation).

An standard seer from Almora, India.

A Seer (also sihr) is an obsolete unit of mass and volume that was used in parts of Asia.

India

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)

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 0.93310 kg (2.057131 lb). However there were many local variants of the seer in India.

Bengal	80 tolas of rice
South India	mass of 24 current rupees
Chennai (formerly Madras)	approx 25 lb (9.33 kg)
Juggerat	mass of 40 local rupees
Mumbai (formerly Bombay)	28 lb (10.45 kg) called the Old Seer

Oman, Nepal and Pakistan

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.

Afghanistan

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

Persia

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

1. The metric seer was 74.22 g (2.618 oz)
2. The seer (sihr) was 160 g (5.64 oz)

Sri Lanka

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

See also

• List of customary units of measurement in South Asia

References

"Seer". Sizes, grades, units, scales, calendars, chronologies. http://www.sizes.com/units/seer.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-19. 

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