Teman (unit)

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Teman was a unit of volume used in Mecca in the early 19th century . 10 Mencedas are a Teman and each Menceda 3 French Chopins (cf. Système Usuel or Schoppen ) or 3 English Pints .

Individual evidence

  1. Chopine ( Memento from February 9, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. http://www.kruenitz1.uni-trier.de/xxx/t/kt02534.htm
  3. Gustav Wagner, Friedrich Anton Strackerjan: Compendium of the coin, measure, weight and exchange rate relationships of all states and trading cities on earth. Verlag Teubner, Leipzig 1855, p. 274
  4. ^ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu: Handbook of coin, measure and weight and the exchange, government paper, banking and stock system of European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 295