Peimānnä

Peimānnä , Paymaneh, also Pajmaneh, was a Persian measure of volume (measure of capacity). Wine , vinegar , melted sheep butter and similar goods were measured . The measure was already determined by Gaza Ḫān, like Ḫīk the tube as a wine measure , around 1300, but had different vessel sizes depending on the liquids to be measured.

• 1 Peimānnä = 10 men (Tabriz) = 8.3 kilograms (about 1 liter )

The following applies to deliveries to the court or for honorary gifts:

• 1 Ḫīk = 5 peimānnä = 50 men = 13,000 dirhams = 41.7 liters

One Ḫik less was expected for festivities, so the following applied:

• 1 Ḫīk = 4 Peimānnä = 40 men = 33.4 liters

literature

• Walther Hinz : Islamic measures and weights: converted into the metric system. EJ Brill. Leiden / Cologne 1970 Supplementary Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 39, 47 (reprint).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Collective of authors: Iran: Economic and Commercial Conditions in Iran. HM Stationery Off., London 1928, p. 5.
2. ↑ Peter Kurzweil: The Vieweg unit lexicon: terms, formulas and constants from natural sciences, technology and medicine. Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-322-83212-2 , p. 309.