Agra (unit)

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The agra was a unit of mass (measure of weight) in Bukhara , Turkistan and Khiva , a present-day Uzbek region ( Xorazm province ).

1 agra = 61.425 grams

literature

Karl Rumler: Overview of the dimensions, weights and currencies of the most excellent countries and trading centers in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, with special emphasis on Austria and Russia. Jasper, Hügel and Manz, Vienna 1849, p. 57.