Ancient Arabic units of measurement

Length

	1/16 Arabic foot	~2.25 cm	A finger-length
cabda قبضة		1/4 Arabic foot	~9 cm	A palm-length
Arabic foot قدم عربية			~32 cm
cubit ذراع		Cubit, traditionally 2 Arabic feet, later 1.5 Arabic feet		A cubit-length
orgye		6 Arabic feet	~1.92 m	A pace-length
qasab قصبة		12 Arabic feet	~3.84 m	A cane-length
seir		600 Arabic feet	~192 m	Also noted as a stadion, a stadium-length.
ghalva		720 Arabic feet	~230.4 m
parasang		18,000 Arabic feet	~5.76 km	From Ancient Mesopotamian (Iraqi) parasang. Roughly analogous to an English league.
barid بريد		4 parasang	~23.04 km
marhala مرحلة		8 parasang	~46.08 km	A village-length.

See also

• Awqiyyah, the Arabic ounce or half-pound, depending on region.
• Qafiz, an Arabic unit for measuring volumes.
• The Arabic mile (al-mīl), a unit of length employed by Arab geographers and scientists

References

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