Nir (unity)

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Nir was a measure of length in Persia and in ancient times corresponded to the yardstick .

  • 1 Nir = 0.533 to 0.548 meters

literature

  • Peter Kurzweil: The Vieweg unit dictionary. Friedrich Vieweg and Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-528-06987-2 , p. 280.
  • Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim et al. 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 197.