REGION | LOCAL UNIT | MEASURE OF | METRIC EQUIVALENT | METRIC UNIT | SOURCE |
Standard (Istanbul) kile | volume | 35.27 | liter | Bleibtreu (1963: 116) | |
Standard kile | volume | 0.9698 | (Winchester) bushel | ||
Bursa | mud | volume | 11.6374 | bushel | İnalcık (1994: xl) |
Novigrad | kile | volume | 0.9698; | bushel | Bayerle (1973: 22n) |
Srem | kile | volume | 0.9698 | bushel | McGowan (1969: 166) |
Gyula | kile | volume | 0.9698 | bushel | Kaldy-Nagy (1982: 400) |
Trikala | kile | volume | 2.4245 | bushel | Barkan (1943: 289) |
Evia Island | himl | volume | 7.7583 | bushel | Akgündüz (1990, Vol. V: 387) |
Çemişgezek | kile | volume | 0.9698 | bushel | Barkan (1943: 189) |
Malatya | kile | volume | 0.4849 | bushel | Barkan (1943: 111) |
Erbil | tagar | volume | 9.698 | bushel | Akgündüz (1990, Vol. V: 173) |
Ajlun | ghirara | volume | 24.2447 | bushel | Lewis (1952:17, 1954: 491) |
Gaza | ghirara | volume | 48.4895 | bushel | Lewis (1952:17, 1954: 491) |
Lajjun | ghirara | volume | 24.2447 | bushel | Lewis (1952:17, 1954: 491) |
Nablus | ghirara | volume | 103.906 | bushel | Lewis (1952:17, 1954: 491) |
Hawran | ghirara | volume | 24.2447 | bushel | Lewis (1952:17, 1954: 491) |
Jerusalem | ghirara | volume | 72.7342 | bushel | Lewis (1952:17, 1954: 491) |
Safad | ghirara | volume | 24.2447 | bushel | Lewis (1952:17, 1954: 491) |
NOTES:
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