Kutra
The kutra was a measure of weight mainly for indigo and was used in Basra .
- 1 kutra = 117 vakias attari = 63.02 kilograms
- 1 Vakia attary = 538.64 grams and was primarily used as a measure for rock candy , cardamom , coffee , pepper and ginger .
literature
- Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 93.
- Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight. Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 120.
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange, government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 57.