Indic Siyaq Numbers is a Unicode block containing a specialized subset of the Arabic script that was used for accounting in India under the Mughals by the 17th century through the middle of the 20th century.

Block

Indic Siyaq Numbers[1][2] (PDF)
0123456789ABCDEF
U+1EC7x𞱱𞱲𞱳𞱴𞱵𞱶𞱷𞱸𞱹𞱺𞱻𞱼𞱽𞱾𞱿
U+1EC8x𞲀𞲁𞲂𞲃𞲄𞲅𞲆𞲇𞲈𞲉𞲊𞲋𞲌𞲍𞲎𞲏
U+1EC9x𞲐𞲑𞲒𞲓𞲔𞲕𞲖𞲗𞲘𞲙𞲚𞲛𞲜𞲝𞲞𞲟
U+1ECAx𞲠𞲡𞲢𞲣𞲤𞲥𞲦𞲧𞲨𞲩𞲪𞲫𞲬𞲭𞲮𞲯
U+1ECBx𞲰𞲱𞲲𞲳𞲴
Notes 1.^As of Unicode version 17.0 2.^Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Indic Siyaq Numbers block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2IDWG2IDDocument
11.0U+1EC71..1ECB468Pandey, Anshuman (2007-12-04), Proposal to Encode Siyaq Numerals
Pandey, Anshuman (2009-05-02), A Model for Encoding Numerals of the Ottoman Siyaq System
Pandey, Anshuman (2011-07-13), Preliminary Proposal to Encode Indic Siyaq Numbers
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Pandey, Anshuman; Glass, Andrew (2015-05-03), "19. Indic Siyaq Numbers", Recommendations to UTC #143 May 2015 on Script Proposals
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Glass, Andrew; Iancu, Laurențiu (2015-11-01), "11. Siyaq", Recommendations to UTC #145 November 2015 on Script Proposals
Pandey, Anshuman (2015-11-05), Proposal to Encode Indic Siyaq Numbers
Moore, Lisa (2015-11-16), "D.15", UTC #145 Minutes
Moore, Lisa (2016-05-20), "D.11.3", UTC #147 Minutes
Anderson, Deborah; etal. (2019-01-13), "22", Recommendations to UTC #158 January 2019 on Script Proposals