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cafiz

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A unit of dry capacity in Spain, 13ᵗʰ century – ?. Also spelled cafis, cafiz and cafiç. In 17ᵗʰ century England, anglicized as kayis (John Browne, The Merchant's Avizo, 1607.) From the Arabic “qafīz,” a unit of capacity for grains. Not to be confused with the cahiz, whose variants are generally about three times larger.

The cafiz existed in a number of variants:

1

The cafiz = 12 fanecas each of 9 almuds. Found in  372.575 liters.

2

A cafiz which = 12 fanecas each of 8 almuds. Found in 

Some greatly differing local values (early 19ᵗʰ century) were:

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In Tunisia, 20^th century, the caffis, a unit of capacity for olives, interpreted as a mass of 430 to 450 kilograms.

Technical Conversion Factors…, 1972, page 325.

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