An Islamic measure of weight (also, ritl; in Arabic script رطل) that has many versions, mainly including: 1) Makkan ratl (ratl used by people of Makkah/ Mecca (pre-Islamic times), and at the time of Prophet Muhammad, PBUH), that is 12 uqiyyah (i.e., 373 grams) and 2) Shar’ee ratl (al-ratl al-shar’ee, الرطل الشرعي): which is also known as Iraqi ratl or Baghdad’s ratl or Baghdadian ratl, whose weight is 128 4/7 dirhams (according to Shafi’i and Hanbali schools of Islamic thought, or mazhhab, which is also the opinion of jumhur al-fuqaha), or 128 dirhams (according to Malikis), or 130 dirhams (according to Hanafis). [where: 128 4/7 dirhams = 382.5 grams (equivalent to 90 mithqals); 128 dirhams = 380 grams; 130 dirhams = 406.25 grams].

Ratl also comes in other different measures including Dimashq’s ratl (ratl of Damascus) and the Egyptian ratl.

Compare: pound (English unit of weight: unit of avoirdupois weight, equal to 16 ounces, 7000 grains, or 0.45359237 kg).