Note 331 — JULNAR THE SEA-BORN AND HER SON KING BADR BASIM OF PERSIA.

Arab. Kirát (κεράτιον) the bean of the Abrus precatorius, used as a weight in Arabia and India and as a bead for decoration in Africa. It is equal to four Kamhahs or wheat-grains and about 3 grs. avoir.; and being the twenty-fourth of a miskal, it is applied to that proportion of everything. Thus the Arabs say of a perfect man, “He is of four-and-twenty Kirát” i.e. pure gold. See vol. iii. 239.