Convert Parasang/Farsakh to miles
Persia & Silk Road · Persian Length & Land · historical · ancient
Historically reconstructed The unit is no longer in use and its value is reconstructed from historical and scholarly sources — treat it as indicative.
1 Parasang/Farsakh = 3.72823 miles
miles = Parasang/Farsakh × 3.7282272
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Parasang/Farsakh to miles table
| Parasang/Farsakh | miles |
|---|---|
| 0.25 Parasang/Farsakh | 0.932057 miles |
| 0.5 Parasang/Farsakh | 1.86411 miles |
| 1 Parasang/Farsakh | 3.72823 miles |
| 2 Parasang/Farsakh | 7.45645 miles |
| 3 Parasang/Farsakh | 11.1847 miles |
| 4 Parasang/Farsakh | 14.9129 miles |
| 5 Parasang/Farsakh | 18.6411 miles |
| 10 Parasang/Farsakh | 37.2823 miles |
| 20 Parasang/Farsakh | 74.5645 miles |
| 25 Parasang/Farsakh | 93.2057 miles |
| 50 Parasang/Farsakh | 186.411 miles |
| 100 Parasang/Farsakh | 372.823 miles |
About the Parasang/Farsakh
Persian league ≈ 6km. Hour of travel on horseback.
- Symbol
- parasang
- Value in SI
- 1 Parasang/Farsakh = 6,000 metre
- Typical use
- navigation
- Source
- Herodotus, Xenophon
Every atlas conversion routes through the SI metre. See our methodology and data provenance pages for how these values are sourced and verified.
Related units and variant risk
Other persian length & land units in the Persia & Silk Road family, least settled first. If your figure came from a land record, invoice or historical document rather than a calculator, check these before assuming a single standard.
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Frequently asked
How many miles are in a Parasang/Farsakh?
1 Parasang/Farsakh = 3.72823 miles. Multiply the number of Parasang/Farsakh by 3.7282272 to get miles.
What is Parasang/Farsakh used for?
Persian league ≈ 6km. Hour of travel on horseback. It is classified as historical and dates from the ancient period.
Is the Parasang/Farsakh value exact?
Yes for practical purposes. UnitConvertLab converts every atlas unit through the SI metre, using the value published by Herodotus, Xenophon, so the arithmetic itself introduces no rounding beyond the digits shown.
How reliable is this Parasang/Farsakh conversion?
Historically reconstructed — The unit is no longer in use and its value is reconstructed from historical and scholarly sources — treat it as indicative. Source: Herodotus, Xenophon.
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UnitConvertLab. (2026). Convert Parasang/Farsakh to miles. UnitConvertLab. Retrieved from https://unitconvertlab.com/regional/parasang-to-mile
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