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
2In Afghanistan , 20ᵗʰ century, ? – 21st century, a unit of mass, about 4.5 kilograms.
examplesEven 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).
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