Seer (unit)

The Seer, and Seira, Seyra, Ser, Ceer, Keer or Kair, was a unit of mass in the East Indies. The trade weights were also taken for weighing liquids. The measure varied in the regions. Under the similar designation Seyra, Saira or Seir it was a measure of weight in India on the Coromandel Coast, Pondichery and on the island of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf for gold and silver goods.

Same dimensional relationships were in Calcutta, Madras, Surat ( in the Bombay Presidency ) and Bombay in trade weight for this

  • 40 Seer = 1 Maon
  • 800 Seer = 1 Candil / Candy

The deviations were

  • Calcutta Seer 1 = 2 ½ Paloin
  • Calcutta liquids 1 Seer = 4 Pice = 16 chattak = 273 1/5 grams
  • Madras 1 Seer = 283 ½ liters
  • Madras 5 Seer = 1 Up / Vis
  • Surat Seer 1 = 423 4/5 liters ( 424.5605 grams)
  • Surat cotton 840 Seer = 1 Candil

Especially in the grain trade, there were two ways in Bombay, since rice is the measure was calculated separately.

  • Bombay Seer 1 = 2 Tipres / Tip Rees
  • Bombay either 4 Seer = 1 Adowlie or 7 ½ Seer = 1 Adowlie
  • Bombay either 8 Seer = 1 or 150 Parah Parah Seer = 1
  • Bombay either 64 Seer = 1 Candy or 600 Seer = 1 Candy
  • Bombay 2400 Seer = 1 Morah
  • Bombay avoirdupois 1 Seer = 30 Pices = 317 7/13 grams
  • Pondichery 1 Seer = 271.94 grams
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