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8 |
|||||||||||||
6 |
48 |
||||||||||||
kilé or keila |
2 |
12 |
96 |
||||||||||
rob or roubouh |
2 |
4 |
16 |
128 |
|||||||||
2 |
4 |
8 |
32 |
256 |
|||||||||
2 |
4 |
8 |
16 |
96 |
768 |
||||||||
nisf keddah |
2 |
4 |
8 |
16 |
32 |
192 |
1536 |
||||||
robhah orroubb-keddah |
2 |
4 |
8 |
16 |
32 |
64 |
384 |
3072 |
|||||
tumna or thoumn-keddah |
2 |
4 |
8 |
16 |
32 |
64 |
128 |
768 |
6144 |
||||
khanoubah or kharroubah |
2 |
4 |
8 |
16 |
32 |
64 |
128 |
256 |
1536 |
12288 |
|||
2 |
4 |
8 |
16 |
32 |
64 |
128 |
256 |
512 |
3072 |
24,576 |
|||
| 1876 | 59.7 |
119.5 |
238.9 |
477.8 |
0.9556 |
1.9112 |
3.82 |
7.64 |
15.29 |
30.58 |
183.48 |
1467.80 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1873 | theoretical | 64.4 |
128.7 |
257.5 |
515.0 |
1.0299 |
2.0599 |
4.1197 |
8.2395 |
16.4790 |
32.9579 |
— |
— |
| practical | 72.0 |
141.0 |
275.9 |
542.1 |
1.0705 |
2.1235 |
4.2283 |
8.4120 |
16.7169 |
— |
— |
— |
|
| 1929 & 1952 | 64.5 |
128.9 |
257.8 |
515.6 |
1.031 |
2.0625 |
4.125 |
8.25 |
16.5 |
33 |
198 |
1584 |
|
One source says there are 6 rob to the keddah.
Mahmoud Bey.
Le Système métrique actual d'Égypte. Les Nilometres anciens et moderns et les antiques coudées d'Égypte.
Journal Asiatique. 7th series, vol
1, pages 67-110 (January 1873).
Page 87.
Available online at Gallica, the Bibliothèque Numérique of the Bibliothèque National de France.
Louis B. Grant.
Egyptian Weights and Measures.
No. 144. September, 1892.
Reports from the Consuls of the United States. vol 40.
Washington: G.P.O., 1892.
Page 136.
Socrates Spiro Bey.
An English-Arabic Vocabulary of the Modern and Colloquial Arabic of Egypt.
3rd edition.
Cairo: Elias’ Modern Press, 1929.
Page xi.
Saâdeddine Bencheneb.
Mesures et poids actullement en usage en Egypte.
Bulletin des études arabes, vol. 12, pages 105-106 (Sept-Dec
1952.)
United Nations, 1966.
Technical Factors..., 1972, page 153.
zambil kabir |
||
zambil çaghir |
2 |
|
rob |
7 |
14 |
8¼ |
57.75 |
116.5 |
One source describes the large fard = 14 roubouh, about 115.5 liters, and the small fard = 7 roubouh, about 57.75 liters. In addition the daribah was used for rice.
Saâdeddine Bencheneb.
Mesures et poids actullement en usage en Egypte.
Bulletin des études arabes, vol. 12, pages 105-106 (Sept-Dec 1952.)
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