Taka was an old measure of length in Zanzibar .
Divided in two, it was Tobe to two Schucka to two was about two Durrah. One war corresponds exactly to one yard (0.9144 m).
This results in the following correspondences overall:
| 1 taka
|
= 16 durrah
|
7.3152 m
|
| 1 toe
|
= 08 durrah
|
3.6576 m
|
| 1 Schuka
|
= 04 durrah
|
1.8288 m
|
| 1 was
|
= 02 durrah
|
0.9144 m
|
| 1 durrah
|
= 18 inches
|
0.4572 m
|
Individual evidence
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↑ Meyers Konversationslexikon . Fourth edition. Leipzig, Vienna: Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, 1882–1885, s. v. Taka .
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↑ Meyers Konversationslexikon . Fourth edition. Leipzig, Vienna: Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, 1882–1885, s. v. Was .
