Himl

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Himl or Haml ( Arabic حمل, DMG ḥi / aml  'Last'), also Hamla (حملة / Hamla ) called, was an Arab unit of weight, which was based on the load that a Saumtier could be charged. It is related to the Wasq . Walther Hinz translates Himl as "camel load."

Relation to other Arabic weight units

The Hanafi scholar Sheikh-zāde (d. 1667) states in his work Maǧmaʿ al-anhur that 1 Himl = 300 men = 600 Ratl = 78,000 Dirhams . According to ar-Raschīd ibn Zubair (12th century), each Himl is equivalent to 10,000 dinars.

In Egypt, flour and sweet pepper counted 1 Himl = 300 Egyptian Ratl, for lacquer and black pepper 1 Himl = 500 Egyptian Ratl, for linen and Brazilwood = 600 Egyptian Ratl and for combed cotton 1 Himl = 553 1/3 Ratl.

In Sanaa in the 17th century the camel Himl was equivalent to 30 qadah .

Conversion into the metric system

Sauvaire calculates the Himl on the basis of the information in Sheikh-zāde at around 241 kilograms. Hinz recommends using an approximate value of around 250 kilograms for 1 Himl in the absence of more detailed information .

literature

  • Walther Hinz : Islamic measures and weights, converted into the metric system. EJ Brill, Leiden / Cologne 1970, p. 13f.
  • MH Sauvaire: "Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la numismatique et de la métrologie musulmanes" in Journal Asiatique IV (1884) 368-445. Here p. 418f. Digitized
  • Wolfgang Trapp : Small manual of the dimensions, numbers, weights and the time calculation. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-249-6 , p. 224.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sauvaire: "Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la numismatique et de la métrologie musulmanes". 1884, p. 419.
  2. ↑ Hinz: Islamic Measures and Weights . 1970, p. 13.
  3. ↑ Sauvaire: "Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la numismatique et de la métrologie musulmanes". 1884, p. 419.
  4. ^ Moshe Gil: "Additions to Islamic masses and weights " in Róbert Dán (ed.): Occident and Orient: a tribute to the memory of Alexander Scheiber . Akadémiai K. u. a., Budapest u. a., 1988. pp. 167-170. Here p. 168.
  5. ↑ Sauvaire: "Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la numismatique et de la métrologie musulmanes". 1884, p. 419.
  6. ↑ Sauvaire: "Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la numismatique et de la métrologie musulmanes". 1884, p. 419.
  7. ↑ Sauvaire: "Matériaux pour servir à l'histoire de la numismatique et de la métrologie musulmanes". 1884, p. 419.
  8. ↑ Hinz: Islamic Measures and Weights . 1970, p. 14.