Waiba
The Waiba ( Arabic ويبة) was a measure of measure that was mainly used in Egypt for grain . In European representations it is also referred to as Wehbeh .
According to the calculations of Walther Hinz , the Waiba in the 14th – 15th Century 15 liters, in the 19th century 33 liters. In Ramla it was about 37.8 liters and in Tunis about 12.6 liters.
According to the Economic Encyclopedia of 1789, a pouring cone above the according to was required. The according to had the internal dimensions of: small diameter 11 7 ⁄ 16 inches (Danish); large diameter 17 ⅛ inches and height 8 inches.
- 1 Wehbeh = 1220 Parisian cubic inches = 4 Robba / Rubbe = 16 Kudde = 24.20 liters (calculated)
literature
- Walther Hinz : Islamic measures and weights: converted into the metric system. EJ Brill, Leiden / Cologne 1970. p. 52.
- Johann Georg Krünitz , Friedrich Jakob Flörke, Heinrich Gustav Flörke, Johann Wilhelm David Korth, Carl Otto Hoffmann, Ludwig Kossarski: Economic Encyclopedia. Volume 45, Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1789, p. 725.