What is Carat?
27 Jan 2025, 02:02
Carat is a unit used to measure the weight of diamonds and other precious stones. 1 carat is equal to 200 milligrams, the fixed weight of a carob bean. This unit of measurement is derived from the Latin name for carob, "Ceratonia", and the Arabic name, "Carrat".
What Does "Two Dirhams One Seed" Mean?
27 Jan 2025, 02:02
During the Ottoman period, the weight of one gold coin was determined as 33 cores, or 2 dirhams + 1 core. In the Ottoman Empire, the analogy of "Two Dirhams One Seed" was made for very elegant and showy, rich and attractive people who dressed very stylishly and flamboyantly, meaning "like gold".