Ancient Arabic units of measurement

Length

إصبع	1⁄16 Arabic foot	~2.25 cm	A finger-length
Qabḍhah قبضة	1⁄4 Arabic foot	~9 cm	A palm-length
Arabic foot قدم عربية		~32 cm
Dhira ذراع	cubit: traditionally 2 Arabic feet, later 1+1⁄2 Arabic feet		Cubit
قامة	fathom: 6 Arabic feet	~1.92 m	A pace-length
Qaṣbah قصبة	12 Arabic feet	~3.84 m	A cane-length
Seir	stade: 600 Arabic feet	~192 m
Ghalwah	720 Arabic feet	~230.4 m
Parasang فرسخ	parasang or league: 18,000 Arabic feet	~5.76 km
Barid بريد	4 parasang	~23.04 km
Marḥalah مرحلة	8 parasang	~46.08 km	A village-length.

See also

• Uqiyyah, the Arabic ounce or half-pound, depending on region.
• Qafiz, an Arabic unit for measuring volumes.
• Sāʿ, an ancient unit of volume, equal to 2 to 4 liters, depending on region.
• The Arabic mile (al-mīl), a unit of length employed by Arab geographers and scientists.

References

• Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights, and Measures: Their SI Equivalences and Origins, Springer, 2003, pp. 76–78, ISBN 9781852336820.