Talk:Frasilah

Contested deletion

This page should not be speedy deleted as pure vandalism or a blatant hoax, because... both Henry M. Stanley and Burton states in their account that a frasilah is equivalent to 35 lbs and is a unit used for ivory trade in Zanzibar Please let me know if the reference needs more explanation. This is not an hoax.

Please read the exact passage here in chapter 1, p.8 or the following link

http://books.google.ca/books?id=t2cBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=frasilah+Morton+Stanley&source=bl&ots=4GId3v8hm_&sig=VnOBGTv5VK7I6b8nXqq44LA4M5I&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=qJuRUIulKOiqyAGz4oG4Cw&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=frasilah%20Morton%20Stanley&f=false

Evidence in text from other africa explorer such as Richard Francis Burton aslo aknowledge this unit of measurements as being part of ivory trade.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration http://books.google.ca/books?id=bMwcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA539&lpg=PA539&dq=frasilah&source=bl&ots=Qo-jnFtqLX&sig=r0NCn3GvqkkA5vBwoMkSMRedYXY&hl=fr&sa=X&ei=U52RUMqTKtOO0QGw3oEo&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=frasilah&f=false