Ashir

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The aschir was an Arabic measure of volume and area.

Volume measure

The measure was used when measuring amounts of grain .

Area measure

  • 1 Ashir = 15.92 square meters
    • 1 Ashir = 1/10 Qafiz or 36 square cells

literature

  • Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon. Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographical Institute, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 25.
  • Eilhard Ernst Gustav Wiedemann, Wolfdietrich Fischer: Contributions to the history of the natural sciences. Verlag G. Olms, 1970, p. 673. (reprint)