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The Irdabb ( Arabic إردبّ), now spoken Ardabb , also called Ardeb or Rebebe in European sources, is an Egyptian measure of measure for grain . It is related to the ancient Artabe room dimension .

An irdabb consists of 6 waiba of 8 large or 16 small qadah each . Today in Egypt 1 irdabb = 198 liters .

In addition, the following regionally different information on the size of the Irdabb can be found:

Cairo

Al-Qalqashandī reports that in Cairo there was 1 Irdabb = 6 Waiba = 24 Rubʿ = 96 small Qadah. From this, Walther Hinz calculates that an Irdabb corresponds to 69.6 kg of wheat or around 90 liters as a measure of capacity.

Other information:

1 Ardeb = 179 liters = 9023.83 Parisian cubic inches

In the trade, however, 100 Ardeb = 211 Stari (Triester), which means 1 Ardeb = 174 liters

Alexandria

1 Ardeb = 271 liters = 13,661.77 Parisian cubic inches

In trade, however

29 4/5 Ardeb = 100 Stari (venetian.), That results in: 1 Ardeb = 279.588 liters
1 Ardeb = 168 Oka = 203 ⅓ kilograms (grain, corn , vetches, beans )

The Ardeb was also a special measure of rice in Alexandria.

1 Ardeb rice = 156 Oka = 189 kilograms
1 Rebebe = 7993.5 Parisian cubic inches = 158.564 liters

rosette

1 Ardeb = 284 liters = 14,317.13 Parisian cubic inches

If you compared the dimensions of the regions, then it was true

100 Ardeb of Rosette = 105 of Alexandria

and

100 Ardeb from Cairo = 63 ½ Ardeb from Rosette

Abyssinia

The Ardeb was also a grain measure in Abyssinia

1 Mageda = 22 1/5 Parisian cubic inches = 4/9 liters
in Gonder : 1 ardeb = 10 Made gas = 4.4 Liter
in Massaua : 1 Ardeb = 24 Madegas = 10.57 liters
in acre : 1 Ardeb rice = 750 pounds (livorno) = 256 ¾ kilograms = 549.17 pounds (berliner)

literature

Walther Hinz : Islamic measures and weights: converted into the metric system. EJ Brill, Leiden / Cologne 1970. pp. 39f.
Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 9.
Association of practical merchants: The latest illustrated trade and goods lexicon or encyclopedia of the entire trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 2, Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1857, pp. 7, 97.

Individual evidence

↑ Ardabb , Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936), Brill Online
^ ^A ^b Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete handbook of coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world . Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830. pp. 169, 276.
↑ Hinz: Islamic Measures and Weights . 1970, p. 39.
↑ Hinz: Islamic Measures and Weights . 1970, p. 40.
↑ Hinz: Islamic Measures and Weights . 1970, p. 39.
^ Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher , Johann H. Bock, Carl Crüger: General paperback of coin, measure and weight: for bankers and merchants. Sandersche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 10.

[Brill-1] Ardabb , Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936), Brill Online

[Krüger-2] A ^b Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete handbook of coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world . Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830. pp. 169, 276.

[3] Hinz: Islamic Measures and Weights . 1970, p. 39.

[4] Hinz: Islamic Measures and Weights . 1970, p. 40.

[5] Hinz: Islamic Measures and Weights . 1970, p. 39.

[6] Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher , Johann H. Bock, Carl Crüger: General paperback of coin, measure and weight: for bankers and merchants. Sandersche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1828, p. 10.