Indic Siyaq Number Ten

It recorded a count of ten for accounting.

Siyaq condensed Arabic number names into shorthand for clerks; outsiders found it hard to read. The wider system developed in early Islamic offices, with surviving accounts from the early 10th century. In South Asia, raqm or rakam (Arabic for 'account') was common under Mughal rule by the 17th century and lasted into the middle of the 20th century.

It spread across Islamic administrations. Unlike abjad, which gave letters number values, it uses dedicated number signs. It follows Arabic-script direction, right to left; Arabic-Indic digits run left to right.