Arshine

Arshine was a Persian measure of length. As a Persian cubit or Shah-Ar (s) chine, the measure had these values:

• 1 arsine = 1 1/32 cubit (Wiener) = 355 Parisian lines = 4/5 meters = 800.8 millimeters

Similar dimensions were

• the Russian Elle Arzin
• the Turkish / Arabic ell of spades

literature

• Jurende's patriotic pilgrim: business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially to all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, Brünn 1834, p. 13
• Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 10