The Ancient Arabic unit of measurements were a system of using units to associate with physical quantities. Arabic symbols are used to represent the values. The measurements were based on body measurements and common natural items. The length of forearm, shin and the standard size of a typical village were among the most accepted length units. About surface, usually Jerib or Djerib was the most usual unit which is mostly similar to acre or hectare. Another unit known as Sa was mostly used to measure volume which is approximately equal to 3 liters. Although having similar names, the size of units may defer depending on region.
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Uqiyyah The uqiyyah ( ar, أُوقِيَّة), sometimes spelled awqiyyah, is the name for a historical unit of weight that varies between regions, as listed below. 1 uqiyyah= 40 dirham.
1 dirham= 0.7 dinar.
It corresponds to the historical unit ounce and ...
, the Arabic ounce or half-pound, depending on region.
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Qafiz Qafiz ( ar, قفيز) is a traditional Arabian unit of measure for several quantities including volume, weight and area which took several different values depending on the time and region. The oldest accurate information about it is that of the q ...
, an Arabic unit for measuring volumes.
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Sāʿ, an ancient unit of volume, equal to 2 to 4 liters, depending on region.
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Arabic mile
The Arab, Arabic, or Arabian mile ( ar, الميل, ''al-mīl'') was a historical Arabic unit of length. Its precise length is disputed, lying between 1.8 and 2.0 km. It was used by medieval Arab geographers and astronomers. The predecessor o ...
(''al-mīl''), a unit of length employed by Arab geographers and scientists.
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*Zupko, Ronald and Chisholm, Lawrence James. "measurement system". ''Encyclopedia Britannica'', 19 Nov. 2018
Accessed 10 December 2021.
Obsolete units of measurement, Arabic
Human-based units of measurement
Systems of units
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