English

Alternative forms

• mahboob

Noun

mahbub ‎(plural mahbub or mahbubs)

1. A gold coin used in the Ottoman Empire.
   • 1783, Sauveur Lusignan, A history of the Revolution of Ali Bey against the Ottoman Porte, page 119

     His ready cash consisted of eight hundred thousand mahbub and funduclys; the rest of his treasure was in jewels, to the amount of about six million of ducats.

   • 1811, Patrick Kelly, The universal cambist, and commercial instructor, page 83

     The only coins allowed by the Turkish government to be struck at Cairo are the Mahbub (or Zermahbub) Sequins, and Medini.

   • 1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature

     At Grand Cairo in Egypt, contracts are made in funducli and mahbub sequins; the former are reckoned at 146 medini, and 3 mahbubs are equal to 4 pataccas, so that the mahbub is worth 120 medini.