Jerib
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The jerib or djerib (
traditional units of measure, the jerib originally varied substantially from one location to another. However, in the twentieth century, the jerib has been regionally, if not uniformly defined. In many countries where it was traditionally used, it is equated with the hectare, for example in Turkey and Iran.[1][2] In Afghanistan, however, it is standardized at 2,000 square metres (0.49 acres).[2][3]
The jerib was roughly equivalent to the other customary land measures in south Asia and the Middle East, the Indian bigha and the Sumerian iku, varying between 1,600 and 3,600 square metres (0.40 and 0.89 acres). The word is probably derived from Arabic.[4]
Historical
The royal enclosure at Isfahan in Iran was named Hazar Jerib for the expanse of irrigated acreage, namely 1000 jeribs.[5][6]
Notes
- ^ "hectare" Britannica Online Encyclopedia, accessed 9 December 2008
- ^ OCLC 41069434
- ^ Grace, Jo (2005) "Glossary: jerib" Who Owns the Farm? Rural Women’s Access to Land and Livestock The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), accessed 9 December 2008
- ISBN 0-88333-005-9
- ^ de Bode, Clement Augustus (1856) "On the Races of the Southern Shores of the Caspian Sea" Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1848–1856), Vol. 4, pp. 155–175, page 160
- OCLC 64845134