Teffé
The teffé , also the taffeh, was a Turkish measure of weight for silk goods . The measure was not based on the commercial weight, but on the weight of gold and silver. The Cheky was reckoned with 100 drams / drachms or 1600 Kara and its weight in Smyrna was 320 ⅞ grams , which was about 6400 Grän.
- Constantinople 1 Teffé = 6 Cheky / Cherky / Chequi = 600 drachmas = 1917.75 grams (Smyrna 1925.25 grams)
According to other sources 1 teffé = 610 dramm = 1.954 kilograms
Dramm, the weight of gold, silver, coins, gemstones and medicinal stones in Turkey used to be 1/400 oka and weighed about 3.203 grams
literature
- Natural history and chemical-technical notes based on the latest experience in practical applications for trade, factories and agriculture. Volume 11, Allgemeine Deutsche Verlag-Anstalt, Berlin 1859, p. 67.
- SGK: The more important coin, Maas and weight ratios of all countries in the world. Eduard Krause Gerberzeitung, Berlin 1859, p. 40.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete handbook of coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 46
- ↑ Author collective: Brockhaus Konversationslexikon. Volume 15, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig / Berlin / Vienna 1894–1896, p. 489.
- ↑ Author collective: Meyers Konversationslexikon. Volume 4, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 1011.