Djezla

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Djezla , Dschesla , Djesla , Dzisla , was a volume measure for liquids and also a unit of mass (measure of weight) in Zanzibar . The commercial weight was adjusted to the goods. Originally as a volume measure, the measure was 257.4 liters or 205.714 liters.

  • 1 Djezla / Dschesla for cowries = 158.667 kilograms
  • 1 Djezla / Dschesla unpeeled rice = 129.274 kilograms
  • 1 Djezla / Dschesla peeled rice = 176.901 kilograms

Dzisla as the official measure of capacity in German East Africa was mainly intended for palm kernels.

literature

  • Author collective: Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon. Volume 5, FA Brockhaus Leipzig / Berlin / Vienna 1894–1896, p. 554.
  • Richard Klimpert: Lexicon of coins, measures, weights, counting methods and time values ​​of all countries in the world. Verlag C. Regenhardt, Berlin 1896, p. 76. (Reprint Verlag Рипол Классик ISBN 978-1-14697-121-8 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Klimpert: Lexicon of coins, measures, weights, counting types and time sizes of all countries on earth. Verlag C. Regenhardt, Berlin 1896, p. 76. (Reprint Verlag Рипол Классик ISBN 978-1-14697-121-8 )
  2. ^ Author collective: Brockhaus' Konversationslexikon. Volume 5, FA Brockhaus Leipzig / Berlin / Vienna 1894–1896, p. 554.
  3. ^ Otto Lueger : Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences. Volume 3 Stuttgart / Leipzig 1906, p. 202.