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The Schibiri , also Shibiri, was a measure of length in German East Africa and corresponded to the range . The German measure and weight system and the native measure and weight system co-existed. A law of March 1, 1899 established it.

  • 1 shibiri = 22.86 centimeters
  • 2 shibiri = 1 mkono ( singular ) / cubit = 45.72 centimeters
    • 4 mikono = 1 pima ( fathoms ) = 1,829 meters
      • 2 Pima = 1 Doti = 2 Upande / Schuka = ​​8 Mikono = 3.658 meters

literature

  • Clay Industry Calendar. Volume 2-3, Verlag der Tonindustrie-Zeitung, 1906, p. 275.
  • Johannes Gerstmeyer: The German colonial legislation. Volume 4, Verlag ES Mittler und Sohn, 1900, p. 44.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlin Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory, German Society for Anthropology, Ethnology and Prehistory, German Society for Ethnology: Journal for Ethnology . Volume 40, Limbach Verlag 1908, pp. 334, 335.
  2. ^ A b Charles Thomas Wilson, Robert William Felkin: Uganda and the Egyptian Sudan . Cotta publishing house, 1883, p. 23.