mithqal
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thumb|180px|Gold dinar of Umayyad Caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, minted at Damascus, Syria in AH 75 (697/698 CE), having a weight of almost 1 mithqāl (5 grams)]]
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- Etymology
- Indian mithqaal
- Nikki mithqal
- Conversion factors
- See also
- References
thumb|180px|Gold dinar of Umayyad Caliph [[Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, minted at Damascus, Syria in AH 75 (697/698 CE), having a weight of almost 1 mithqāl (5 grams)]]
Mithqāl () is a unit of mass equal to which is mostly used for measuring precious metals, such as gold, and other commodities, like saffron.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mithqal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.