Chardal
Chardal ( Arabic خردل, DMG ḫardal ) is the Arabic word for mustard . The mustard seed was considered a particularly small unit of mass in the Arab weight system. According to al-Maqrīzī , a mustard seed = 1/70 Habba , of which 60 corresponded to a silver dirham. From this, Walther Hinz concludes a weight of 0.000707 grams for this weight measure.
According to other information, 6 mustard seeds = 1 jou (about 0.045 grams).
literature
- Walther Hinz : Islamic measures and weights: converted into the metric system. EJ Brill. Leiden / Cologne 1970 Supplementary Volume 1, Issue 1, p. 14 (reprint).
- Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim et al. 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 119.