Sentence:  ... who offered 190 piasters per year for rent, 20 piasters more than the other, plus half a <WSD>qintar</WSD> of pomegranates. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (plural: qintars) A unit of measure, which varies in value depending upon the product measured; for example, a qintar of cotton might be 160 kg of cotton, 50 kg of cotton lint; a qintar of lime, 65 kg.