CSK Fan Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 I'm so poor' date=' I can't even put my two cents in the conversation.[/quote'] You called?
Crookbond Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 You called? :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical:
Sachin=GOD Posted October 18, 2012 Author Posted October 18, 2012 One family which is not included in this list is the Medici family - they were an Italian family who owned the Medici Bank in he 14th century and it was the largest Bank in the Word for quite sometime and for sometime they even issued currency which was accepted throughout Europe. The family produced 4 Popes from amongst its members.
gs Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 In Hyderabad' date=' every 3rd person is somehow related to the Nizam... now this explains it :hysterical:[/quote'] :haha:
King Tendulkar Posted October 18, 2012 Posted October 18, 2012 I read in "Freedom at midnight" that the Nizam of Hyderabad (whose net worth according to this article was 236 billion $) was very' date=' very, very [i']kanjoos. He used to wear the same pajamas and old slippers everyday and ate in a tin plate and slept on the floor of his nearly empty room. Yes famous for his miser ways.
Mariyam Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 From the article Using the annual 2199.6per cent rate of inflation, where $100million in 1913 is equal to $2.299.63billion in 2012, Celebrity Net Worth's list includes familiar names like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett; but sitting at number one is Mansa Musa I of Mali. 2199.6 % is annual rate of inflation. Lost the plot there. Doesn't this number seem horribly wrong? The numbers for the Mansa Musa guy also seem inflated. Were his 10 cows and 18 camels in 1320 counted as 5.65127 billion cows and 9.122124 billion camels in 2012?
akshayxyz Posted October 19, 2012 Posted October 19, 2012 From the article 2199.6 % is annual rate of inflation. Lost the plot there. Doesn't this number seem horribly wrong? The numbers for the Mansa Musa guy also seem inflated. Were his 10 cows and 18 camels in 1320 counted as 5.65127 billion cows and 9.122124 billion camels in 2012? :hysterical: That makes a lot of sense, considering dhor-dangars can breed at exponential rate.
Old guy Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 From the article 2199.6 % is annual rate of inflation. Lost the plot there. Doesn't this number seem horribly wrong? The numbers for the Mansa Musa guy also seem inflated. Were his 10 cows and 18 camels in 1320 counted as 5.65127 billion cows and 9.122124 billion camels in 2012? do u end up writing this intentionally or is it a natural gift?
Rohit S. Ambani Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Where is Badal Family? Karunanidhi Family? Pawar Family? Vadra Family?
Malcolm Merlyn Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 From the article 2199.6 % is annual rate of inflation. Lost the plot there. Doesn't this number seem horribly wrong? The numbers for the Mansa Musa guy also seem inflated. Were his 10 cows and 18 camels in 1320 counted as 5.65127 billion cows and 9.122124 billion camels in 2012? Mansa Musa was rich.When he went to Hajj in the cities,he passed through he spent and gave away so much gold that the value of gold dropped in those countries for years.I suggest you read about it.
Raghav_12 Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Where is Badal Family? Karunanidhi Family? Pawar Family? Vadra Family? they don't take black money into account for these kind of countings..
Malcolm Merlyn Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 About MUSA I Musa was a devout Muslim and his pilgrimage to Mecca, a command ordained by Allah according to core teachings of Islam, made him well-known across northern Africa and the Middle East. To Musa, Islam was the foundation of the "cultured world of the Eastern Mediterranean". He would spend much time fostering the growth of Islam in his empire. Musa made his pilgrimage in 1324, his procession reported to include 60,000 men, 12,000 slaves who all carried 4-lb. gold bars, heralds dressed in silks who bore gold staffs, organized horses and handled bags. Musa provided all necessities for the procession, feeding the entire company of men and animals.Also in the train were 80 camels, which varying reports claim carried between 50 and 300 pounds of gold dust each. He gave away the gold to the poor he met along his route. Musa not only gave to the cities he passed on the way to Mecca, including Cairo and Medina, but also traded gold for souvenirs. Furthermore, it has been recorded that he built a mosque each and every Friday. Musa's journey was documented by several eyewitnesses along his route, who were in awe of his wealth and extensive procession, and records exist in a variety of sources, including journals, oral accounts and histories. Musa is known to have visited with the Mamluk sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad of Egypt in July 1324. Musa's generous actions, however, inadvertently devastated the economy of the region. In the cities of Cairo, Medina and Mecca, the sudden influx of gold devalued the metal for the next decade. Prices on goods and wares super inflated in an attempt to adjust to the newfound wealth that was spreading throughout local populations. To rectify the gold market, Musa borrowed all the gold he could carry from money-lenders in Cairo, at high interest. This is the only time recorded in history that one man directly controlled the price of gold in the Mediterranean.
nballa Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 which metal is more valuable to humans, iron or gold?
Swing_n_Speed Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 Where is Badal Family? Karunanidhi Family? Pawar Family? Vadra Family? Their combined wealth will not come close to Warren Buffet, who's at the bottom of the list. We're talking bout some serious dough here. Besides compared to the Karunanidhis and Pawars....Vadra is a pauper.
Ram Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 Not very surprised that this sh!tty article featured in a sh!tty place like the Daily mail. The numbers are all so horribly wrong, its not even funny.
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