Cheki

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The cheki was a measure of weight in Basra according to which gold and silver were traded.

  • 1 Cheki = 100 Miskal = 150 drachmas / dram / dramm = 466.55 grams
  • 1 Miskal = 4.6655 grams

literature

  • Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 128.
  • Christian Nelkenbrecher : JC Nelkenbrecher's general pocket book of coin, measure and weight. Sanderschen Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 51.