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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Metrology

1. IOR/R/15/2/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/64
Title:
File XXV/11 Standard weights for Bahrein [Bahrain]
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the correction of shortages in the weights used by shopkeepers and merchants in Bahrain, and the manufacture of a set of standard weights. The file includes papers recording fines for shortages in weights issued to the foreign shopkeepers who came under the judicial control of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1909-10 Nov 1917
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

2. Mss Eur F110/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F110/11
Title:
Notes on Coins, Weights and Measures, and Conditions of Trade at Various Ports in the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean and the South China Sea
Scope & Content:
This untitled volume was compiled by John Pybus, an employee of the East India Company from 1742 to 1768. It contains notes relevant to trade in ports of the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, and South China Sea. Subjects include: The weights, measures, and currencies used in different ports, and met...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:

1 volume (95 folios)

3. Or 6273, ff 123r-126r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6273, ff 123r-126r
Title:
Medical prescriptions and two extracts on weights and measures
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1) Medical prescriptions (f. 123r); 2) On Measures and Weights (في ذكر المكائيل والأوزان, ff. 123v-124r); 3) Medical prescriptions (f. 124r); 4) An Explanation of Measures and Weights from another Perspective (في بيان المكاييل والأوزان على وجه آخر, ff. 124v-125r); 5) Explanation of Som...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 123r-126r