Kahun (unit)

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The Kahun , also Khahoon , was an East Indian weight and grain measure in the British administered region of Calcutta .

  • 1 Kahun = 1318.17 kilograms (= 1354.72 kilograms)
  • 1 Kahun = 2 Candils = 40 Maons
  • 1 Kahun = 16 Soalli = 320 Pallies = 1280 Roiks = 5120 Kunkes / Kunkies = 25,600 Chattaks / Tschittaks

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 132.
  • Heinrich August Pierer : Supplements to the Universal Lexicon or Encyclopedic Dictionary. Volume 2, HA Pierer, Altenburg 1842, p. 119
  • Jurende's patriotic pilgrim: business and entertainment book for all provinces of the Austrian imperial state: consecrated to all friends of culture from the teaching, military and nutritional class, especially to all nature and fatherland friends. Volume 21, Winiker, 1834, p. 147.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustav Adolph von Kloeden: Handbook of geography. Volume 3, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1862, p. 326.