His Majesty fixed for the jaríb the former reckoning in yards and chose the measurement of sixty square, but adopted the Iláhi gaz. The Tanáb (tent rope) was in Hindustán a measure of hempen rope twisted which became shorter or longer according to the dryness or moisture of the atmosphere. It would be left in the dew and thus fraudfully moistened. Oftentimes it would be employed in the early morning when it had got damp and had shrunk, and by the end of the day it had become dry and had lengthened. In the former case, the husbandmen suffered loss, in the latter the royal revenues were diminished. In the 19th year of the Divine era, the jaríb was made of bamboos joined by iron rings. Thus it is sub­ject to no variation, and the relief to the public was felt everywhere while the hand of dishonest greed was shortened.