Qafiz

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The Qafīz ( Arabic قفيز, DMG qafīz ), also Caffiso , Cafisso or Cafiso , was an Arabic measure of volume for pourable goods that was also used on the island of Malta , in Messina (Sicily) and Marseille . It held about 25 to 50 liters.

In the early Islamic centuries, 1 Qafīz = 8 Makkūk = 12 Sāʿ = 48 Mudd .

Different authors assign an independent measure to each spelling. The oil measure was for

Malta 1 Caffiso = 1002.1 Parisian cubic inches = 19.878 liters = 4 ⅜ imperial gallons
Malta 1 barile (oil) = 2 caffisi = 39.755 liters = 8 fourths = 32 quartucci = 128 terzi = 256 casbe

Marseille 1 millerole (oil) = 5 ½ caffise

In Messina the oil was weighed and

1 caffiso = 12 ½ rotoli grossi ~ 11 kilograms
1 Tun = 236 gallons (old) = 196 ⅜ Imperial gallons = 74 Caffise = 1144.95141 liters

For the grain measure , in

Tripoli 1 Caffiso = 20 Tiberi = 40 ⅜ liters

Tunis 1 Caffiso = 18 Weabs = 216 Saws = 52 ¹ ⁄ ₅  liters

literature

E. von Zambaur: "Ḳafīz" in Encyclopedia of Islam . Brill, Leiden, 1913-1936. Vol. II, p. 666.
Samuel Ricard, Thomas Heinrich Gadebusch : Handbook of the merchants: or general overview and description ..., Volume 2, Verlag Anton Ferdinand Röse, Greifswald 1784.

Individual evidence

↑ von Zambaur: "Ḳafīz" in Encyclopedia of Islam . 1913-1936. Vol. II, p. 666.
↑ ^a ^b ^c JH Kaltschmidt: The latest and most complete foreign dictionary to explain all words and expressions borrowed from foreign languages. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1870, p. 136.
^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios .... Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 641.
^ Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight .... Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 337.
↑ Ludolph Schleier: The commercial science. Fest'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Leipzig 1848, p. 101.

[1] von Zambaur: "Ḳafīz" in Encyclopedia of Islam . 1913-1936. Vol. II, p. 666.

[Kaltschmidt-2] JH Kaltschmidt: The latest and most complete foreign dictionary to explain all words and expressions borrowed from foreign languages. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1870, p. 136.

[3] Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios .... Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 641.

[4] Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight .... Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 337.

[5] Ludolph Schleier: The commercial science. Fest'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Leipzig 1848, p. 101.