Tāmaqusṭiyā
Tāmaqusṭiyā was an Arabic unit of mass ( measure of weight). The Miṯqāl used here is the canonical in contrast to the other regional measures, such as the Damascus measure with 4.62 grams , the Egyptian measure with 4.68 grams, the Syrian measure with 4.427 grams and the Anatolian measure with 4.81 Gram.
- 1 tāmaqusṭiyā = 2 tamara = 3 miṯqāl (1 st = 4.46 grams) = 13.38 grams
literature
- Leigh Chipman: The World of Pharmacy and Pharmacists in Mamlūk Cairo. Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden 2010, ISBN 978-9-00417-606-5 , p. 90.
- Walther Hinz : Islamic measures and weights. Supplementary volume 1, EJ Brill, Leiden / Cologne 1970, p. 5.