The English equivalent is—
| feet | inches | |||
| 1 khoord | = | 0 | 0 | .632 |
| 1 girah | = | 0 | 2 | .531 |
| 1 guzishah | = | 0 | 40 | .500 |
| 1 guz (cloth) | = | 3 | 8 | |
| 1 biswah | = | 4 | 0 | |
| 1 sureeb | = | 80 | 0 | |
| 1 koss | = | 2 | miles. | |
| 1 munzil | = | 24 | ” | |
The table of weights is—
| 6¾ | rupees | = | 1 | khoord. |
| 4 | khoords | = | 1 | pow. |
| 4 | pows | = | 1 | charrek. |
| 4 | charreks | = | 1 | seer = 20 miscals = 24 nukhods. |
| 1 | seer | = | 432 | rupees. |
| 8 | seers | = | 1 | maund kham. |
| 10 | maunds | = | 1 | kharwar. |
| 1 | mun (Tabriz) | = | 260 | rupees. |
The relative equivalent of some of the above in English weights is—
| pounds | ounces | grains | |||
| 1 nukhod | = | 0 | 0 | 2 | .958 |
| 1 miscal | = | 0 | 0 | 71 | .000 |
| 1 pow | = | 0 | 12 | .428 | |
| 1 mum (Herati) | = | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 seer | = | 12 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1 kharwar (Afghan) | = | 1038 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1 kharwar (Persian) | = | 649 | 0 | 0 | |
It should be remembered, that everything, whether solid or liquid, is sold by weight in Afghanistan. In cloth the conventional measure in the bazaar is from the top of the middle finger to the point of the elbow.
ACROSS THE PASSES