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They deal in it with "ribat," which are bundles of spun cotton, ten cubits long and containing twenty pieces, no more. They deal with "ribat" and "basqasq" for their affairs, and for very small matters they deal with cotton, such as the seeds, or the husks, or what comes out of it. They deal with pieces of it, one, two, or three ounces, by way of estimation and bargaining. And for important matters, like the rest of the markets. As for the market of Kaliloma and Alaha, their dealings are with onions, with which they buy all their small affairs, and white cotton, and "ribat," and the rest of their affairs with "takaki." They do not know "shawatir" or "riyals." As for the market of Ras al-Ghayl, it is with "khashashat," which are pieces of iron made into plates with a tube, and its shape is thus: They insert a rod into the end of the tube, and it cuts the grass and the crops. Therefore, it is called "al-mashashana." They deal with it for their small affairs, and they value it from one "mashashana" to twenty. What exceeds that is with "takani" and "shawatir," like the rest of the markets. As for Turka, their dealings are with "damaj al-masir" for their important affairs, and with roots for their small affairs.

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