An ancient Persian unit of itinerant distance. For its modern counterpart, see farsakh.
It was also used by the Greeks (the παρασάγγης), which the Greeks took to be equal to 30 stades (thus about 5.76 kilometers, Olympic measure, or 5.32 km, Attic measure).
In ancient Babylon, about 5.66 kilometers.
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