Note 449 — Chapter XXXII · TRAINING THE PASSAGE SAKER TO GAZELLE[426]
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
Sīr; one Tabriz man equals forty sīr; one sīr equals twenty mis̤qāl; and two and a half mis̤qāl are about equal to an Indian tolā. A Tabriz man is about 7½ lbs. The Indian ser is about 2 lbs., and there are forty ser in the man. The term sīr is used only locally in Persia.