_ 260 _ Of Sealing Wax: The bahar of sealing wax has twice as much weight and in every way is the same as that of pepper, without any difference between them. The bahar is worth 140 azars. From one year to another, when there is a lot of it, it drops to 100 azars, no more. When there is shortage, it goes up to 200 azars and more. When it is a stick and very fine and dry. It is worth a third less. Of Ginger: The bahar of ginger is identical with that of pepper and sealing-wax, with no difference whatsoever. The white kind, the nest there is around here, which is for making into bars, is worth 80 azars. From one year to another it drops to 60 or 55 azars per bahar and rises to 100 azars a bahar depending on the year. Fol. 10v This assumes that it is fresh and sound and not pitted and coarse. If it is pitted or small, it drops 5 or 6 azars accordingly. Ginger in bars, known here as red ginger, is worth 7 or 8 azars less than the white, depending on its condition, which can be such that one is worth as much as the other. All other things being equal, they differ in the way I have mentioned, and by what they are, whether white or in bars, if you know how much the good is worth, you will know the price of the rest.
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