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In Iran (Persia) , ? – 20ᵗʰ 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

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In Afghanistan , 20ᵗʰ century, ? – 21^st century, a unit of mass, about 4.5 kilograms.

examples

Even in the 2010-11 growing season, with opium prices as high as 100,000 to 120,000 PR [Pakistani rupees] per man (4.5 kilogrammes) during the planting season, farmers were still found to be increasing wheat cultivation at the expense of poppy so that they did not have to purchase wheat flour at the bazaar.

David Mansfield.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place. Counter-narcotics efforts and their effects in Nangarhar and Helmand in the 2010-11 growing season.
Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit Case Study Series.
Kabul: Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, October 2011.
Page 25.
This publication can be downloaded from the organization's website (www.areu.org.af).