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Al-Bakri (English translation by Levtzion & Hopkins) and Ibn Battuta's "Travels" (translated by Gibb, 1929).

Al-Bakri and Ibn Battuta (sources from Boston University and Fordham University).

Claims Supported by This Source

  1. The king of Ghana takes one gold dinar for each donkey-load of salt brought in, and two for each one taken out (Al-Bakri, Levtzion & Hopkins pp. 79–81).
  2. The houses and mosques of Taghaza are made of blocks of salt. A donkey-load of salt is worth 8 to 10 mithqals in Iwalatan, and 20 to 30, sometimes 40, in Mali. Salt is used for exchange like gold and silver (Ibn Battuta).

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