A variety of

units of measurement A unit of measurement is a definite magnitude of a quantity, defined and adopted by convention or by law, that is used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity. Any other quantity of that kind can be expressed as a multi ...

have been used in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

to measure length, mass and capacity. Those units were similar to

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian, Arabian and

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n units. In 1924, Afghanistan adopted the

metric system The metric system is a system of measurement that succeeded the decimalised system based on the metre that had been introduced in France in the 1790s. The historical development of these systems culminated in the definition of the Interna ...

.Proceedings of the 7th General Conference on Weights and Measures
1927, page 68 (French)

Pre-metric Units

Units similar to those used in

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Arabia The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plat ...

and

, were used in

before 1926. One notable unit used to measure length was the goes, which was equal to 1.16 m (45.67 in).

Narcotics Units

Narcotics units used in Afghanistan include: 1 Ser = 7 kg (Ser-i-Kabuli) or 14 kg (Ser-i-Mazar - in Mazare Sharif) 1 Kharwar = 80 Ser - 560 kg 1 Khaltar = approximately 7 kg 1 Maan = 4.5 kg (usually for narcotics weight (cannabis, opium and heroin) 1 mon (used in Quetta) = 50 kg 1 Puri = equivalent to just under 1 kg 1 Tulee = typically user's amount of opium, which is a hearty amount of opium to be smoked in a day (This is roughly one AK-47(7.62 × 39 mm) bullet or 10 g. Some Tulee may be up to 30 g.) 1 ha = 5 jerib; 1 jerib = 2000 m² (land measurement) 1 Biswa = jerib = 100 m².

References

{{Systems of measurement Afghan culture

Standards of Afghanistan