Dschou
Dschou ( Persian جو, DMG ǧau , ' barley , barley grain') or Gou was a unit of weight in Iran and in Talysch , a former state in today's Azerbaijan , which is based on the weight of a stye . Until the 14th century it was equivalent to 0.045 grams , later 0.048 grams. The weight corresponded to ¼ tasū or 1/18 dāng , or 1/96 mithqāl (temporal size 1 M. = 4.3 to 4.6 grams).
- Oats 1 Gou = 17 pounds plus 6 Lot ( Prussia = 16.667 grams) = 8600.172 grams (calc.)
- Wheat 1 Gou = 20 pounds plus 14.27 Lot (Prussia = 16.667 grams) = 10238.0381 grams (calc.)
literature
- Fr. Silber: The coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world individually calculated according to their values and proportions to all German coins, measures and weights. In addition to information on the trading venues and their billing relationships. Moritz Ruhl, Leipzig 1861, p. 147.
- Walther Hinz: Islamic measures and weights, converted into the metric system. Volume 1. Brill Archive, Leiden / Cologne 1970, p. 12.