Wasq

Wasq was a volume and grain measure in Arabia. It was particularly widespread to the right of the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea and especially in Persia . In the early days of Islam, the measure was also the camel's load.

• 1 Wasq = 60 Sāʿ = 252.3456 liters (as weight for wheat 194.3 kilograms )

At the time of Hārūn ar-Raschīd (786-809) was

• 1 Wasq = 2 ½ Wasq (of the Prophet ) = 630.864 liters corresponds to about 485.765 kilograms for wheat
  • 1 Sāʿ = 4.2 liters
  • 3 Sāʿ = 16 Ratl = 1 Faraq / Farq = 12.617 liters

literature

• Walther Hinz: Islamic measures and weights: converted into the metric system. Volume 1, Brill Archive, 1970, p. 37.
• Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 88, 341 .