Seer (unit)
A Seer 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
In India, the seer was a traditional unit used mostly in Northern India including Urdu speaking region, Hyderabad in South. Officially, seer was defined by the Standards of Weights and Measures Act as being exactly equal to. 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.| Bengal | 80 tolas of rice |
| South India | mass of 24 current rupees |
| Chennai | approx |
| Gujarat | mass of 40 local rupees |
| Mumbai | called the Old Seer |
| Maharashtra | Equivalent to Kilogram |
Aden, Nepal and Pakistan
In Aden, Nepal, and Pakistan a seer was approximately derived from the Government seer of British colonial days.Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, it was a unit of mass, approximately.Persia/Iran
In Persia, it was and remains in two units:- The metric seer was
- The seer was