Was (unit)

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War was a measure of length in Zanzibar . It corresponded to the English yard .

1 War = 2 Durrah = 5 Bitil = 405.3 Parisian lines = 0.914 meters

literature

Author collective: Meyers Konversationslexikon. Volume 16, Verlag Bibliographisches Institut. Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 367.