Hali (unit)
Hali , also Nali , was a unit of mass (measure of weight) and a commercial weight in various places around the Strait of Malacca and also in Queda .
- 1 Hali = 16 Gantas = 30 pounds ( mark weight ) according to Krüger = 16 pounds (mark weight)
- 15 Hali = 1 Bahar = 450 pounds (mark weight)
- 1 gantas / guantas = 4 guppas = 1 15/16 = 1.9375 pounds mark weight
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measurements, and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, pp. 122, 105.
- Johann Heinrich Ludwig Bergius: Policey and Cameral magazine in alphabetical order. Volume 6, Andreean Buchhandlung, Frankfurt / Main 1771, p. 288.
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger, p. 122.