Girära
The Girära , the sack of Damascus, was a measure of volume and grain in Syria .
- 1 Girära = 12 Kail = 72 Mudd (damascene)
- 1 Girära ≈ 204.5 kilograms ≈ 265 liters ( wheat )
- In Gaza 1 Girära = 1 ½ Girära (damasc.) (Information from the late Middle Ages)
literature
- Walther Hinz : Islamic measures and weights: converted into the metric system. Volume 1, Brill Archive, 1970, p. 37.
- Mohamed-Moain Sadek: The Mamluk architecture of the city of Gaza. Klaus Schwarz Verlag, 1991, ISBN 978-3-92296-876-4 , p. 347.