Girära

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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.