Miam (unit)

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The Miam was a unit of mass (measure of weight) for gold and silver in back India.

  • 1 Miam = 12 sagas
  • 16 Miam = 1 Boncal / Buncal = 832 Troygrän (Engl.)

literature

  • Jacob Heinrich Kaltschmidt : The latest and most complete foreign dictionary to explain all words and expressions borrowed from foreign languages. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1870, p. 561.
  • Heinrich August Pierer : Universal Lexicon of the Present and Past, or the newest dictionary of the sciences, arts and crafts. Volume 19, HA Pierer, Altenburg 1843, p. 262.