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gaz

1

See the discussion under zar of the gaz, zar and dhar'.

In Iran , 20ᵗʰ century, two units:

a unit of length, = 1 meter or, sometimes, 1.04 meters.
a unit of area, approximately 1.0816 square meters.

United Nations 1966.

Locale	value in cm
Locale	Dupre, 1819
Kermanshah & Hamādan	95
Isfahan	104
Yazd	996
Shiraz	102
Lar	67
Darab	99.0
Tarun	67
Bandar Abbas	79
Djaroun	95
Bandar-e Bushehr	93
Khoy	110

2

In Pakistan, 20ᵗʰ century, a unit of length, = 1 yard (exactly 0.9144 meter).

United Nations 1966.

3

In Malaysia, a unit of length = 1 depa, about 6 feet.

gaz. Pers[ian]. A measure of length approximately equal to a depa or a little under 6 feet. Sabuwah bukit-tinggi lima ribu gaz; a hill of the height of 5,000 gaz; Ht. Isk. Dz. Panjang-nya hamparan itu mam ratus gaz: a carpet twelve hundred yards long; Ht. Md. Hanaf., 58. Kopiyah lima gaz tinggi-nya: a cap thirty feet high; Ht. Hamz., 26.

Wilkinson, 1901, page 567.