Passeree

A passeree is an obsolete unit of mass used in Bengal that approximately equalled 4.677  kg (10.3 lb). Five seers made up one passeree. After metrication in the mid-20th century, the unit became obsolete.

British Indian units of mass
Mughal Empire
Bengal Presidency
Regulation VII 1833 fixed the mass of one tola as 180 troy grains (11.663 8038 grams)
Bombay Presidency
The maund was fixed at 28 pounds avoirdupois (¼ hundredweight) (12.700 586 36 kilograms)
Madras Presidency
The maund was fixed at 25 pounds avoirdupois (11.339 809 25 kilograms)

See also

References

"Passeree". Sizes, grades, units, scales, calendars, chronologies. Retrieved 2007-01-20. External link in |work= (help)

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