A traditional unit of mass in India and Pakistan, standardized under British rule as 15 grains, 1/12 tola, or about 0.972 gram. In Pakistan, the unit is still used sometimes for the weight of precious metals
Russ Rowlett (Director), How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement, Center for Mathematics and Science Education University of North Carolina, USA 2005. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html, (Unit of Meas and Covr Factors - Amer) {608}