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We did it and we don't know who first made it. I have dealt with this salt and bought it, and it has a wonderful taste, like natural salt, because it is not transparent and has a secret. There are three types of salt in Darfur: Zaghawi, which is natural salt that comes out of the Zaghawi well, which we have already mentioned. And Mubeid wa Q, which is also natural salt, but its color is like a bruise. It can be extracted in large pieces, like a millstone in bone and roundness. Its transport is not burdensome due to its heat. It has a more delicious taste than the other two types and is more expensive than them. We do not know why it is so hot. In general, the best of the salts is Mubeid, the middle is Ghalaqwu, and the lowest is Zaghawi. The people of the market of Qarti and its surroundings deal with Ghalaqwu salt. Their affairs are like Haruku and Tarni in the Gashir. Salt is not sold to them by the pound or weighed by fingers. This item is sold by Ghalaqwu, and Ghalaqwu is three Ghalaqwu, and so on. And affairs are like this for others. As for the market of Kasa, they deal in tobacco there, and it is called Bughtim ta bayisu. This agreement is one of the wonders and a specialty of Darfur among all the Sudanese. They call tobacco "tana". As for the people of Azat and the people of the Maghreb's Tripoli, they call it "tanga". In Takkal, I saw a poem.

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