تومان tomān P s. m. 1. A myriad, 10,000. 2. A sum of money equal to 10,000 Arabic silver drachmas (which are about one third less than those of the Greeks): also, a sum equal to fifteen dollars and a half. 3. Districts, into which a kingdom is divided, each being sup- posed to furnish 10,000 fighting men. See تمن (When the city of Samarkand, for example, is put down for seven tomāns, it implies that she must hold 70,000 men ready for the field on the requisition of her sovereign. Richards).
