Khatouat

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The khatouat was an Arabic measure of length.

1 khatouat = 1 foot (European geometric) = 0.4666 meters
1 khatouat = 5 akdams / foot (Arabic)
12,000 khatouats = 1 parasange / mile (Arabic) = 5.6 kilometers

literature

Johann Karl Gottfried Jacobsson: Technological dictionary or alphabetical explanation of all useful mechanical arts, manufactories, factories and craftsmen. Volume 2, Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin / Stettin 1782, p. 397.