Translated:
“1757.1.IV, Trieste, The Turkish tartana of chief Haxhi Kollari with 400 oil jars, 15 miaras of strong pieces, 229 cattle skins and 2 bales of tobacco comes from Durrës – Ibid.
1757.26.IV, Trieste, The Turkish tartana of chief Haxhi Kollari with 12 barrels of honey, 2 pallets of nails, 1 barrel of iron wire, 1,000 boards, 1 bar of lime, 3 side bars, 40 bundles of steel departs for Durrës. – Ibid. 30.IV.1757.
1757.1.X, Trieste, The Turkish tartan of the chieftain Zano Kollari with 15 thousand miara of garlic, 50 barrels of flax seed, 130 bales of wheat and 4 bales of tobacco comes from Durrës. – Ibid. 31.Χ.1757.
1759.14.V, Trieste, The Turkish tartan of the chieftain Haxhi Kollari with 450 barrels of oil, 32 thousand miara of strong pieces, 7 bales of tobacco and 2 bundles of raw silk comes from Durrës. Ibid. 31.V. 1759.
Explanation:
1 miara constituted 1,000 pounds, and one pound is equal to 0.301 kg
Bale of tobacco. According to a data reported here (register no. 1740), 321 bales of tobacco constituted approximately 16,300 okë. Therefore, one bale weighed approximately 50 okë. ók/ë,-a old unit of weight of about one and a quarter kilograms to one and a half kilograms (depending on the region): small okë okë of 1250 grams; large okë okë of 1408 grams; two okë flour (oil, sugar, brandy).
