bahar

The bahar was a unit in the great 17^th and 18^th century trading system that stretched from the ports of China through the East Indies to India and the eastern coast of Africa, and of which Westerners remember chiefly Sinbad the Sailor.

1

In Iran , ? – 20^th century, a unit of length, approximately 3.25 centimeters (approximately 1.28 inches).

United Nations, 1966.

2

In Muscat and Oman , ? – 20^th century, a unit of mass, approximately 808 kilograms.

United Nations, 1966.

3

In Ceylon, 18^th and 19^th centuries, a unit of mass, = 500 pounds av. Another name for the candy.

Robert Montgomery Martin.
History of the Colonies of the British Empire in the West Indies, South America, North America, Asia...
London: W. H. Allen & Co. and George Routledge, 1843.

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