Arşın
In the Ottoman Empire , arşın ("arm", see also Elle ) was used as the unit of length . There were three different arşın: Mimari arşın, çarşı arşını and endaze.
Mimari arşın
One Mimari arşın was 75.8 cm (3/4 meters) long and significantly longer than the other two. The Mimari arşın, a kind of measuring stick, was mainly used for measurements in buildings and landscapes. Hence it got the name Mimari (architecture).
The Mimari arşın was mainly made from boxwood, ebony, ivory, iron or steel. As with ordinary rulers , lines were drawn on it so that measurements could be read. The kadem used during excavations was 12 parmak long, half of a mimari arşın. Two and a half mimari arşın were called kulaç. It was used in excavations and excavations of wells, with which, for example, the water level could be measured.
Relationship to other units of measurement
- 1 mimari arşın = 24 parmak (1 parmak = 3.158 cm)
- 1 parmak = 12 hat (1 hat = 0.263 cm)
- 1 has = 12 nokta (1 nokta = 0.022 cm)
- 1 mil = 100 kulaç (1 kulaç = 1,895 m)
- 1 kulaç = 2.5 mimari arşın
literature
- Ernst Bolender: The New Turkish Economy and Economic Policy. Funk, 1931, p. 89.
- Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 212 .