Vakir

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Vakir was a Persian unit of weight. Lot and ounce were calculated as German measurements and can only be approximate values.

1 vakir = 1 ounce = 2 lot (1 L. = 16.67 grams ) = about 33.34 grams

literature

Smaller conversation lexicon: or, auxiliary dictionary. Volume 4, Gerhard Fleischer dem Jüng, Leipzig 1815, p. 409