Habl (unit)

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Ḥabl was an Arabic measure of length used to measure land in western Andalusia . It corresponded to the measure of rope / cord.

1 Ḥabl = 40 Raššāši- cubits (1 row = 54.04 centimeters ) = 21.616 meters

literature

Walther Hinz : Islamic measures and weights. Supplementary volume 1, EJ Brill, Leiden / Cologne 1970, p. 62.