Note 147 — INDEX (continued 2)

That is an Arab dirhem and a half. Al Istakhri in Elliot (History of India), I. 27. These Tártariyya dirhems are mentioned by almost all Arab writers. Al Idrísi says they were current in Mansúrah in Sindh and in the Malay archipelago. See Elliot, I. 3 note 4. According to Sulaimán (a.d. 851) the Tártariya dirham weighed “a dirham and a half of the coinage of the king.” Elliot, I. 3. Al Masúdi (Prairies D’Or, I. 382) calls these “Tátiriyyah” dirhams, giving them the same weight as that given by Sulaimán to the Tártariyah dirhams. Ibni Haukal calls it the Titari dirhem and makes its weight equal to “a dirham and a third” (Elliot, I. 85). ↑