Ashl (ashl, tanab) - a unit of measurement of distance in Muslim countries in the Middle Ages . The name comes from the word "rope", "chain". In Persia in the XVII century, the term tanab was used to refer to this unit of measurement [1] .
1 ashl (tanab) = 10 kasab = 60 cubits of Hashimi = 80 canonical cubits = 1/150 farcah = 39.9 meters [1] .
Sources
- β 1 2 Hinz V. Muslim measures and weights with the translation into the metric system. / Per. with him. - M., 1970
See also
- Zira (unit of length)
- Farce