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[[Image:AlmoraSeer.jpg|thumb|right|A standard ''seer'' from [[Almora]], [[India]].]]<br />
A '''Seer''' (also '''sihr''') is a traditional unit of mass and volume used in large parts of [[Asia]] prior to the middle of the 20th century. It remains in use only in a few countries such as [[Afghanistan]], [[Iran]], and parts of [[India]] although in [[Iran]] it indicates a smaller unit of weight than the one used in [[India]].<br />
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==India==<br />
{{British Indian units of mass}}<br />
In India, the seer was a traditional unit used mostly in Northern India including Hindi speaking region, [[Telangana]] in South. Officially, seer was defined by the Standards of Weights and Measures Act (No. 89 of 1956, amended in 1960 and 1964) as being exactly equal to 1.25&nbsp;kg (2.755778&nbsp;lb). However, there were many local variants of the seer in India. Note the chart below gives maund weight for Mumbai, divide by 40 to get a seer.<br />
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| [[Bengal]]<br />
| 80 [[tola (measure)|tolas]] of rice<br />
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| [[South India]]<br />
| mass of 24 current rupees<br />
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| [[Chennai]] (formerly Madras) <br />
| approx 25&nbsp;lb (9.33&nbsp;kg)<br />
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| [[Gujarat]] <br />
| mass of 40 local rupees<br />
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| [[Mumbai]] <br />
| 28&nbsp;lb (10.45&nbsp;kg) called the ''Old Seer''<br />
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| [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| Equivalent to Kilogram<br />
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==Aden, Nepal and Pakistan==<br />
In [[Aden]] ([[Oman]]), [[Nepal]], and [[Pakistan]] a seer was approximately 0.93310&nbsp;kg (2.057&nbsp;lb) derived from the Government seer of [[British Raj|British colonial]] days.<br />
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==Afghanistan==<br />
In [[Afghanistan]], it was a unit of mass, approximately 7.066&nbsp;kg (15.58&nbsp;lb).<br />
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==Persia/Iran==<br />
In Persia (and later [[Iran]]), it was and remains in two units. <br />
# The '''metric seer''' was 74.22&nbsp;g (2.618&nbsp;oz)<br />
# The seer (''sihr'') was 160&nbsp;g (5.64&nbsp;oz)<br />
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The smaller weight is now part of the national weight system in Iran and is used on daily basis for small measures of delicate foodstuff and choice produce.<br />
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==Sri Lanka==<br />
In [[Sri Lanka]], it was a measure of capacity, approximately 1.86&nbsp;pint (1.024&nbsp;litres)<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of customary units of measurement in South Asia]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{cite web|url=http://www.sizes.com/units/seer.htm |title=Seer |accessdate=2007-02-19 |work=[http://www.sizes.com/indexes.htm Sizes, grades, units, scales, calendars, chronologies]}}<br />
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