Kurr (unit)
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
As a volume measure
- 1/600 Kurr = 1 Ašīr ≈ 6 liters
- Persia in the 18th century: 1 Kurr = 1200 Ratl = 1560000 Dirham = 4875 liters
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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).