1765, The Modern Part of an Univerſal Hiſtory, from the Earlieſt Account of Time, volume 43 (printed in London), page 161:The most current money in Perſia are the abaſſi's, worth about 1 s. 4 d. ſterling : they are of the fineſt ſilver. An abaſſi is worth two mahmoudi's, a mahmoudi two ſhais, and a ſhai ten ſingle or five double caſbeghi's.
1819, William Anderson, The London commercial dictionary, and sea-port gazetteer (printed in London), page 557, entry "Persia":Accounts are kept in tomans of 50 abassis = 100 mamoodis = 200 shatrees = 1,000 dinars-bisti. The last is an imaginary money.
1899, The romances of Alexandre Dumas, chapter 13, The Miller, page 141:Only know how to set about it, and you can extract an abassi, not from every carriage, but from every gun-barrel.
