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[[Image:AlmoraSeer.jpg|thumb|right|A standard ''seer'' from [[Almora]], [[India]].]]
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]].

==India==
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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 kg (2.755778 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.

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| [[Bengal]]
| 80 [[tola (measure)|tolas]] of rice
|-
| [[South India]]
| mass of 24 current rupees
|-
| [[Chennai]] (formerly Madras)
| approx 25 lb (9.33 kg)
|-
| [[Gujarat]]
| mass of 40 local rupees
|-
| [[Mumbai]]
| 28 lb (10.45 kg) called the ''Old Seer''
|-
| [[Maharashtra]]
| Equivalent to Kilogram
|}

==Aden, Nepal and Pakistan==
In [[Aden]] ([[Oman]]), [[Nepal]], and [[Pakistan]] a seer was approximately 0.93310 kg (2.057 lb) derived from the Government seer of [[British Raj|British colonial]] days.

==Afghanistan==
In [[Afghanistan]], it was a unit of mass, approximately 7.066 kg (15.58 lb).

==Persia/Iran==
In Persia (and later [[Iran]]), it was and remains in two units.
# The '''metric seer''' was 74.22 g (2.618 oz)
# The seer (''sihr'') was 160 g (5.64 oz)

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.

==Sri Lanka==
In [[Sri Lanka]], it was a measure of capacity, approximately 1.86 pint (1.024 litres)

==See also==
*[[List of customary units of measurement in South Asia]]

==References==
{{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]}}



[[Category:Units of mass]]
[[Category:Units of volume]]
[[Category:Customary units in India]]
[[Category:Obsolete units of measurement]]

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