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Measures and Weights in the Islamic World: An English Translation of Walther Hinz's Handbook Islamische Masse und Gewichte. Translated by M. ISMAIL MARCINKOWSKI. Kuala Lumpur: INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT AND CIVILIZATION, 2003. Pp. xxii, 98.

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