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Ẓāhirī raṭl

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A unit of measurement.

Names

  • Persian: رطل ظاهری = Raṭl-i Ẓāhirī 1

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Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw1 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001

Sources

  • 1Zahiri rotl: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 14 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Mary Papadopoulos, “Ẓāhirī raṭl” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/1673.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Mary Papadopoulos: abstract and categorization, matching and Persian collection/transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
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