FOREWORD

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

  • Weights and measures in the Bible
  • Units of length, grain and weight mentioned in the Bible
  • Weights and measures in the Koran

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IN PRE-CLASSICAL ANATOLIA (Önder Bilgi)

GREEK AND ROMAN PERIODS (Garo Kürkman)

BYZANTINE PERIOD (Meryem Acara Eser)

ISLAMIC PERIOD (Garo Kürkman)

ASSAYING OF WEIGHTS AND SCALES, ASSAY TAXES AND DOCUMENTS INSPECTION, FORGERY, PENALTIES

LAWS AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE ADOPTION OF THE METRIC SYSTEM IN THE OTTOMAN PERIOD

  • Statute concerning new weights and measures
  • Regulations concerning implementation and inspection of new measures
    • Units of length
    • Grain and Liquid Measures
    • Units of Weight
    • Scales
  • Regulations concerning new units of measurement
    • Table of new measures
    • Table of old measures
    • Table for the conversion of old to new measures
    • Table for the conversion of new to old measures
    • Using the tables
  • Description of old scales
  • Instructions concerning steelyard dues, the duties and responsibilities of inspectors
  • Amounts of steelyard dues chargeable
  • Memorandum concerning the obligatory use of new weights and scales
  • Memorandum concerning the temporary prohibition on use of new scales
  • Units of weight described by Evliya Çelebi
  • Units of length described by Evliya Çelebi
  • Ottoman sultans and their reigns

CATALOGUE

GLOSSARY OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN TERMINOLOGY RELATING TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES USED IN THE TERRITORIES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN PAST AND PRESENT (Compiled by Yücel Dağlı, Garo Kürkman)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX