Kurr (unit)

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The Kurr was originally a Babylonian unit of mass (measure of weight). Liquids were also weighed to this measure.

  • Iraq : 1 Kurr = 30 Kāra = 60 Qafīz = 4800 Makkūk
  • Baghdad and Kufa 10th century: 1 Kurr (large / full) = 60 Qafīz = 4800 Makkūk = 14000 Kailağa = 8640000 Dirham = 2700 kilograms (wheat weight )
  • Wasit and Basra : 1 Kurr = 120 Qafīz = 480 Makkūk = 7200 Raṭl = 921600 Dirham = 2880 kilograms
  • 1 Kurr (standardized / balanced) = 1 Kurr al-mu addal = 60 Qafīz = 1500 Raṭl (Bagdaer) = 609.375 kilograms of wheat
  • 1 Kurr (large) = 60 Qafīz = 480 Makkūk = 1440 Kailağa
    • Wheat : 1 Kurr = 2925 kilograms
    • Barley , chickpeas , lentils : 1 Kurr = 2437.5 kilograms
    • Rice : 1 Kurr = 3656.25 kilograms
    • The average of the three above values ​​is assumed to be 2.9 tons or 36 hectoliters for the Bagdaer Kurr.

As a volume measure

  • 1/600 Kurr = 1 Ašīr ≈ 6 liters
  • Persia in the 18th century: 1 Kurr = 1200 Ratl = 1560000 Dirham = 4875 liters
  • Khuzestan :
    • Wheat 1 Kurr = 1250 men = 1015.6 kilograms (about 12 hectoliters)
    • Barley 1 Kurr = 1000 men = 812.5 kilograms (about 12 hectoliters)

literature

  • Walther Hinz : Islamic measures and weights: converted into the metric system. EJ Brill. Leiden / Cologne 1970 Supplementary Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 37, 42, 43 (reprint).