Mal'ackah

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The Mal'ackah , also called Maragha , was an Egyptian measure of length and distance, which determined the length of the route by specifying the time. The measure was different in Upper and Lower Egypt.

  • generally 1 Mal'ackah = 16 Dereghe = 64 minutes of walking = 1 to 1 ½ hours of travel = 64 Feddan = 4928 meters
  • Lower Egypt 1 Mal'ackah = 1 hour journey = 2 ½ to 3 miles (engl.)
  • Upper Egypt 1 Mal'ackah = 1 ½ hour journey = 3 ¾ to 4 ½ miles (engl.)

literature

  • R. Klimpert: Lexicon of coins, measures, weights, counting methods and time sizes. Verlag C. Regenhardt, Berlin 1896, p. 65. Google book
  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, government papers, bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading venues. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1535.
  • Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old mass, coins and weights. Bibliographisches Institut, 1986, ISBN 3 4110 2148 9 , p. 174.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon. Volume 13, Leipzig 1908, p. 152.