Uqiyyah
The Uqiyyah (Arabic: أُوقِيَّة), sometimes spelled Awqiyyah, is the name for a historical unit of weight that varies between regions, as listed below. It corresponds to the historical unit ounce and was defined in Iraq as the 12th part of a ratl[1] or in parts of Egypt as an 8th of a ratl[2]. As the ratl varied so did the uqiyyah as its part.
Egypt: 37g
Aleppo: 320g
Beirut: 213.39g
Jerusalem: 240g
Malta: ~26.46 g
The same unit, pronounced uqqa or okka in Turkish, was used in the Ottoman Empire until the early 20th century. The standard Istanbul okka equaled 128.3 g.
References
- ^ Lane, Edward William (1863). Arabic–English Lexicon. http://www.tyndalearchive.com/tabs/lane: Williams & Norgate, London 1863. p. 1102.
{{cite book}}: External link in|location= - ^ al-Warrāq, al-Muẓaffar Ibn Naṣr Ibn Sayyār (2007-11-26). Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens: Ibn Sayy?r Al-Warr?q's Tenth-Century Baghdadi Cookbook. BRILL. ISBN 9789004158672.
Wehr, Hans; J M.Cowan (1994). Arabic-English Dictionary. Urbana, IL: Spoken Language Services Inc. ISBN 0-87950-003-4.
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