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- Judaeo-Arabic
In addition to coral, whose value reached nearly one third of the shipment's value, precious metals were used for this purpose: gold coins and silver (ingots or tools). He gives prices in the coin of Aden, the Malikī dinar, corresponding to 24 qīrāṭs, while textiles are traded in units of kawragha (pl. kawārigh), which is a bundle of twenty thawb (pl. athwāb; the word means not only cloak, but the unit of fabric of the size needed to make one).
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- חסאב מולאי אלשיך אבו סעיד חלפון בר נתנאל נ''ע
- לה קימה ח' כוארג וח' אתואב מקצור קצ''ח דינאר וי''ד קיראט
Tohis credit: the value of 6 lifāfas (head-wraps) — 4 dinars and 16 qīrāṭs.Tohis credit: the value of 2½ dinar-weights of cotton and the value of two cloaks — 2 dinars.- Related People
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