Crossword clues for mohur
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mohur \Mo"hur\, n. [Hind., fr. Per. muhur, muhr, a gold coin, a
seal, seal ring.]
A British Indian gold coin, of the value of fifteen silver
rupees, or $7.21 (in 1913).
--Malcom.
Wiktionary
n. 1 a Persian gold coin 2 a gold coin of British India whose value was fifteen rupees
Wikipedia
A Mohur is a gold coin that was formerly minted by several governments, including British India and some of the Princely States which existed alongside it, the Mughal Empire, Nepal, and Afghanistan. It was usually equivalent in value to fifteen silver rupees. It was last minted in British India in 1918, but some princely states continued to issue the coins until their accession to India after 1947. Similar coins were also issued by the British authorities in denominations of 2/3 Mohur (10 Rupees), 1/3 Mohur (5 Rupees) and the double Mohur (30 rupees), and some of the Princely States issued Half Mohur coins (equal to 7 Rupees and 8 Anna).
The Mohur coin was first introduced by Sher Shah Suri during his rule in India between 1540 and 1545 and was then a gold coin weighing 169 grains (=10.95 grams). He also introduced copper coins called Dam and silver coins called Rupiya that weighed 178 grains (=11.53 grams). Later on, the Mughal Emperors standardized this coinage of tri-metallism across the sub-continent in order to consolidate the monetary system.
Mohur is a village in the Pattukkottai taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Usage examples of "mohur".
There was no date on it, but I had no doubt that it was a gold mohur of the company.
But outside the ghat, where a golden mohur tree cast a wide shadow across the road there was a crowd standing in rings around an almost naked, ash-smeared religious fanatic.
They passed thickets of baobab, kadam, bauhinia, jhinjeri, amaltas, shisham, gul mohur, duabanga, peepal, and others they had never seen or heard of before.
But outside the ghat, where a golden mohur tree cast a wide shadow across the road there was a large crowd sitting and standing in rings around an absolutely naked, ash-smeared religious fanatic.
Yea, I would pat the fat little fellow on the head, and, when the humour seized me, would show him my hoard of gold mohurs, even jingle before him a bag of silver rupees, or ask his opinion on the colour and quality of some gem, speaking words of foolishness the while, like a child playing with a toy.
First of all I unlocked my strong box, and drew therefrom a small sack of gold mohurs, and another of gold pagodas, also sundry family jewels, armlets and necklets of gold, gemmed rings, and other trinkets of price.
And throwing down ten gold mohurs on the floor of the hut, he took up the clogs and went away.
They lifted up leather bags of gold and silver coins and poured them at his feet, glittering piles of Maria Theresa dollars, gold mohurs and English sovereigns, the currency of the Orient and the Occident.
They passed thickets of baobab, kadam, bauhinia, jhinjeri, amaltas, shisham, gul mohur, duabanga, peepal, and others they had never seen or heard of before.
Those large bags on the left of the stern-window locker hold a thousand guineas apiece - they are part of the ship's share - while the smaller bags hold mohurs, ducats, louis d'ors, joes and all kinds of foreign gold by weight of five hundred each, and the chests all along the side and down in the bread-room hold sacks of a hundred in silver, also by weight: there are so many that the ship is a good strake by the stern, and I shall be glad when they are better stowed.