Frasil

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Frasil (also Farāsila, Frassila, Ferasilah, Frasla, Frassla, Frassola, Fersil, Frehsil, Färsel) is a weight measure that was used in many countries bordering the Indian Ocean from the early 16th century to the 20th century . The name is probably derived from the Portuguese word parcela (part). Weight was usually determined by Bahar and man . By default, the Frasil corresponded to the 20th part of a Bahār or the 10th part of a man, but there were many local variations.

East Africa

  • in Mozambique , one Frasil was equivalent to a commercial weight of 5.443 kilograms.
  • In Zanzibar , where the Frasil corresponded to 12 men, he weighed 16.166 kg.

Arabia

  • in mocha 1 frasil = 1/15 Bahār = 10 men = 20 ratl = 300 Ūqīya = 13.61 kilograms or 13.29 kilograms.
  • in Hodeida 1 Fresil / Frasil = 1/40 Bahār = 9.855 kilograms (for coffee)
  • in Bait al-Faqih 1 Frasil = 1/40 Bahār = 10 men = 20 Ratl = 300 Ūqīya = 9.25 kilograms.
  • in Jeddah 1 Frasil = 1/10 Bahār = 10 men = 50 Ratl = 750 Ūqīya = 8.30 kilograms.

literature

  • WJ Donaldson: "The pre-metric Weights and Measures of Oman" in New Arabian Studies 1 (1993) 83-107. Here p. 86f.
  • Horace Doursther: Dictionnaire universel des poids et mesures anciens et modern, contenant des tables des monnaies de tous les pays. Brussel 1840. p. 146. Digitized
  • Walther Hinz : Islamic measures and weights: converted into the metric system. EJ Brill, Leiden / Cologne 1970. p. 11.
  • R. Klimpert: Lexicon of coins, measures, weights, counting methods and time sizes. Verlag C. Regenhardt, Berlin 1896. p. 108. Digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Donaldson: "The pre-metric Weights and Measures of Oman". 1993, p. 86.
  2. ↑ Klimpert: Lexicon of Coins, Dimensions, Weights. 1896, p. 108.
  3. ^ Heinrich Schnee (ed.): German Colonial Lexicon. 1920, Vol. II, p. 523. [1]
  4. ↑ Doursther: Dictionnaire universel of Weights and Measures anciens et modernes . 1840, p. 146.
  5. ↑ Klimpert: Lexicon of Coins, Dimensions, Weights. 1896, p. 108.
  6. ^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon. Volume 7. Leipzig 1907, p. 91
  7. ↑ Doursther: Dictionnaire universel of Weights and Measures anciens et modernes . 1840, p. 146.
  8. ↑ Doursther: Dictionnaire universel of Weights and Measures anciens et modernes . 1840, p. 146.