18G6] Meynard's lln Khorchidheh. 129 



" 1 Makkuk = \ Wayba ; and 1 Wayba = 22 or 24 Modds, that is 

 to say Modds of the prophet." And under Modd he says : " Accord- 

 ing to the people of 'Iraq, the Modd is equal to two Rods, and accord- 

 ing to the people of jSijaz to 1J- Rod; " and lower down he states 

 the value of the Modd of the prophet at one-fourth of a £a\ Now if 

 we take the £a', with Abu iZanyfa, at 8 Rods, the Modd has as in 

 'Iraq 2 Rods, and if we take the £a', with Shafiy, at 5J Rods, the Modd 

 holds as in Bijaz 5J : 4 = 1 J Rods ; and I therefore suspect that in 

 one place two Rods, in another place 1J Rods, were called Modd of 

 the prophet. If we take the Modd at two Rods, we have for the 

 value of the Qafyz | 4 X 2 — 24 Rods." It is impossible to reconcile 

 this statement with the preceding one. 



There are in the Qamus two other definitions of the Makkuk, 

 eight of which make one Qafyz. According to the one, a Makkuk 

 weighs from six to eight ounces, that is to say, half a Rod or § 

 Rods. It is impossible that this be the value of the Makkuk in 

 question. According to the other statement, 1 Makkuk = 1 J Qa' or 

 12 Rods, if we give to the £a the value of 8 Rods. 



From a passage of Qodama, it appears that any small measure of 

 corn was called Makkuk-bushel, and that the Makkuk was dif- 

 ferent in different countries. In the definition of the value of the 

 Qafyz, I think the large Makkuk is meant, and I therefore assume 1 

 Qafyz = 96 Rods or Arabian pounds. 



The Korr. At this moment I have no access to the Arabic text 

 of the Qamus, but to judge from the Persian translation and from 

 the extracts found in Golius and Freytag, it seems that the Qamus 

 contradicts itself. Freytag, without stating the authority, says, 1 Korr 

 = 12 Wasq (camel-loads) and every Wasq = 60 (^a'. The value 

 of the Wasq or Camel load depends upon the value of the £a' ; it 

 may therefore be 320 or 480 or 540 Rods. A camel may carry 

 rather more than two hundred weights on either side, and I therefore 

 take 480 to be nearest to truth. A Korr would therefore be equal to 

 5760 Rods. 



According to the Persian translation of the Qamus, 1 Korr = 6 

 ass-loads, and one ass-load = 60 Qafyz. Now a donkey carries 

 about half as much as a camel or less, but according to the above 

 statement, 6 ass-loads are = 12 camel-loads. Moreover 60 Qafyz 



