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APPENDIX II
Weights & Measures
Weights and measures are not uniform throughout the country. The Government is, therefore, trying to introduce the metric system
Measures of length :
1. Gaz-i-Shah (Kabul yard)..........1.065 meters
2. Girah-i-Gaz-i-Shah ... .066 ,,
3. Gaz-i-Memar (Mason's yard) ... .838 ,,
4. Gaz-i-Jareeb (this is mostly used for measuring land) ... .736 ,,
5. Side of a Jareeb ...44.183 ,,
6. Side of a Biswah ... 9.879 ,,
7. Side of a Biswasah ... 2.209 ,,
8. 1 Koroh (used for distances of roads)
4,000 Jareeb yds.
Weight Measures :
1. One Makhud ... .19 grams
One Misqal ... 4.4 ,,
One Khurd ... 110.4 ,,
One Pao ... 441.6 ,,
(approximately an English pound)
One Charak ... 1766.4 grams
One Seer ... 7066.0 ,,
One Kharwar 565280.0 ,,
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