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From these figures for the size of a Biblical ell, that of the basic unit — the finger-breadth ( Etzba) — can be calculated to be either 2.1 or 2.2 cm (0.83 or 0.87 in); Rav Avraham Chaim Naeh approximates at 2 cm (0.79 in); Talmudic scholar Chazon Ish at 2.38 cm (0.94 in). The mile ( Mil) is thus about 963 or 1146 meters (3160 or 3760 ft ...
The World Factbook, 2023. Pegged with. USD [ 1] US$1 = Dhs 3.6725. The Arab Emirates Dirham ( / ˈdɪər ( h) əm /; [ 2] Arabic: درهم إماراتي, abbreviation: د.إ in Arabic, Dh (singular) and Dhs (plural) or DH in Latin; ISO code: AED is the official currency of the United Arab Emirates. The dirham is subdivided into 100 fils (فلس).
The Egyptian pound was also used in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan between 1899 and 1956, and Cyrenaica when it was under British occupation and later an independent emirate between 1942 and 1951. It also circulated in Mandatory Palestine from 1918 to 1927, when the Palestine pound was introduced. The Egyptian pound continued with its exchange rate of ...
The ancient Egyptian units of measurement are those used by the dynasties of ancient Egypt prior to its incorporation in the Roman Empire and general adoption of Roman, Greek, and Byzantine units of measurement. The units of length seem to have originally been anthropic, based on various parts of the human body, although these were standardized ...
One itenery derah was equal to 0.7389 m. [ 3] Some other units according to the metric equivalences defined in 1891 are given below: [ 1][ 2] 1 cassaba = 5 derah. 1 bââh = 21⁄2 derah. 1 mili = 500 cassabas = 1.148 mile (1.847 km) 1 farsakh (league) = 3 mili 1 baride = 4 farsakh. 1 safar yome (of which 21⁄2 make 1° of the meridian = 60 ...
A comparative chart of Egyptian numerals, including hieratic and demotic. Boyer proved 50 years ago [when?] that hieratic script used a different numeral system, using individual signs for the numbers 1 to 9, multiples of 10 from 10 to 90, the hundreds from 100 to 900, and the thousands from 1000 to 9000. A large number like 9999 could thus be ...
Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor that changes the unit without changing the quantity. This is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property ...
Libyan dinar. dirham (dh.) 1 dh., 5 dhs., 10 dhs., 20 dhs. The dinar ( Arabic: دينار ( Arabic pronunciation: [diːˈnɑːr] ); sign: LD in Latin, ل.د in Arabic; code: LYD) is the official currency of Libya. The dinar is divided into 1,000 dirhams ( درهم ). It is issued by the Central Bank of Libya, which also supervises the banking ...