Bab (unit)

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Bab was an Arabic measure of length and corresponded to the rod . The measure was used in the Middle Ages.

1 Bab = 3.99 meters

literature

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. 29 .