man

In Persia and later Iran , ? – 20^th century, various units of mass, most named for a specific locality (for example, man-i-Tabriz, the man of Tabriz):

man-i-Bandar-Abassi	= 840 miskals	approx. 3.897 kilograms. (UN, 1966)
man-i-Bushire	= 9½ abassi = 760 miskals	approx. 3.53 kg. (WAV)
man-i-Hashemi	= 16 man-i-Noh Abassi	approx. 53.44 kilograms. (UN, 1966)
man-i-kahneh	= 10 ratels = 1000 miskals	approx. 4.639 kilograms. (UN, 1966)
man-i-Maragha	= 1,380 miskals	approx. 6.40 kg (WAV)
man-i-Meshed	= 665 miskals	approx. 3.09 kg. (WAV)
man-i-Noh-Abassi	= 9 abassi = 720 miskals	approx. 3.340 kilograms. (UN, 1966)
man-i-Rey	= 4 man i-Tabriz = 2560 miskals	approx. 11.88 kilograms. (UN, 1966)
man-i-Shah	= 2 man-i-Tabriz = 1280 miskals	approx. 5.938 kilograms. (UN, 1966)
man-i-Shushr	= 1,536 miskals	approx. 7.13 kg. (WAV)
man-i-Tabriz	= 1 batman = 8 abassi = 640 miskals	approx. 2.969 kilograms. (UN, 1966)

Which may be more easily grasped as a chart. The dashes indicate where incompatible systems collide, the units having no convenient conversion factor.

					man-i-Hasemi
						man-i-Rey		4½
					man-i-Shah		2	9
		man-i-Bandar-Abassi				—	—	—
	man-i-Noh-Abassi				1 1/6	—	—	16
batman or man-i-Tabriz				1 1/8	—	2	4	18
	abassi		8	9	10½	16	32	144
	seer	5	40	45	52½	80	160	720
miskal	16	80	640	720	840	1280	2560	11520