Cheky

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The Cheky , also Sheki, was a Turkish measure of weight. The measure was originally a trade measure and a gold, silver, gemstone and medicinal weight. There were different names, such as Cheki and Chequi, Chakie, but also in the composition Yusdrom-Cheky . Cheky was based on the size of the goods and the region.

  • 1 Cheky = 100 Dirhem = 320.758 grams
  • 1 cheeky opium = 250 dirhem = 801.84 grams
  • 1 Cheky camel hair = 800 dirhem = 2.56 kilograms
  • Basra * 1 Cheky / Chaqui = 100 Miskal / Drammen = 1600 Kara = 6400 Grän = 466.5 Gtamm
  • Turkey 1 Oka = 4 Cheky = 400 drachmas = 1278.5 grams
  • 1 teffé silk = 6 cheky = 600 drachmas
  • Smyrna 1 Check = 320.875 grams
  • Commercial weight 1 Cheky = 318 ⅔ grams
  • 2 Yusdrom-Cheky = 1 Rottolo
  • 4 Yusdrom-Cheky = 1 oka
  • 8 Yusdrom-Cheky = 1 Batman (smaller)
  • 32 Yusdrom-Cheky = Batman (great)
  • 234 Yusdrom-Cheky = 1 quintal / cantar

The Turkish measure of weight was also known in the form of Tchequis .

literature

  • Charles de Peyssonnel, Ernst Wilhelm Cuhn : The constitution of the trade on the black sea. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1788, p. 458.
  • Collection of the best and latest travelogues. Volume 5, August Mylius, Berlin 1789, p. 100.
  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world . Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pp. 45, 46
  • Johann Karl Gottfried Jacobsson: Technological Dictionary. Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin / Stettin 1795, p. 29

Individual evidence

  1. ^ P. Heuser: Practical manual for commercial and industrial business life. Rudolf Ludwig Friderichs, Elberfeld 1851, p. 262
  2. a b c Natural history and chemical-technical notes based on the latest experience in practical applications for trade, factories and agriculture. Volume 11, Allgemeine Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1859, pp. 66, 67