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- noun Plural form of
ryal .
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Examples
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We went downstairs and met the tour guide, who took us to the moneychanger, who took my sixty bucks and gave me back nearly half a million ryals ...
Eric Lurio: Notes on the Iran/Persia Conflict: A Travelogue -- Part Two 2009
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By agreement with the _Sabander_ or governor of the city, [116] the general paid as anchorage duty for the two ships, 1500 ryals of eight; and one ryal of eight as custom for each bag of pepper.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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He confessed to the admiral that he had clipped many ryals, and had counterfeited some; he even confessed some things concerning our matter, but not much, and would tell us nothing.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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Wherefore 50,000 ryals were ordered to be given us, which the emperor himself saw delivered into the hands of one of his officers, who was appointed our governor, with orders to supply us from that fund as we had occasion, to enable us to purchase provisions, and all other necessary charges.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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After we came to anchor, the people came daily on board in their canoes, bringing fowls, cocoas, plantains, and other fruits; and within two days they brought ryals of plate, which they gave us in exchange for calicut cloth.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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They had also many bags of ryals of eight and four, intended for the pay of the garrison in a frontier castle of India, and much more goods belonging to the Portuguese.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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Portugal; which captured ship was stuffed full of goods, in consequence of their return, besides having 500,000 ducats in ryals of eight.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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The 9th came in a small bark of _Shahr, _ [345] laden with coarse olibanum, some of which we bought and paid for in ryals to their contentment.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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All the treasure found in his private cabinet was three _ryals_ and a _bloody scourge_.
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Each bag cost at first rate 5-1/2 ryals of eight, of 4s. 6d. being £1: 4: 9 per bag, or something less than
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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