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| A hundi used by the English explorer William Moorcroft (1767-1825), to pay for a ransom. Source: World Digital Library via Wikimedia Commons |
Hundis were used for a variety of purposes, including payment of ransoms. It is not clear what ransom was being paid here. This hundi, to the value of Rs 11,000, was written in both Persian and English and signed by the English explorer and William Moorcroft on December 20, 1824, possibly in Central Asia or within the borders of what is now known as Afghanistan and Pakistan.
