Note 9 — Chapter III · THE CHRONIC CONDITION OF ARMENIA AND KURDISTAN.
Reading edition
A piastre is a Turkish coin of about five cents, or two pence-half penny. In this region the pay of a day laborer is from two to five piastres.
Reading edition
A piastre is a Turkish coin of about five cents, or two pence-half penny. In this region the pay of a day laborer is from two to five piastres.