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Fur & Feathers

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/* Beaver */
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*Al-Mukaddasi
*Code of Welsh Laws by King Howel Dha. AD c.940. A beaver pelt is priced at 120 pence, considerably more than for a martin pelt, 24 pence, and for wolf, fox or otter, 8 pence. [SPRIGGS 1998:p.95] [HARTING 1880:p.34]
*Al-Mukaddasi, Shams Al-Deen Abu Abdallah. 985AD "fur of steppe foxes, martens, foxes, beavers, spotted hares and goats" [HOWARD-JOHNSTON 1998]:p.69
*Nizami "Loaded on donkeys came the shiney beaver, and the black sable as well.." [AGREN 1995]
*Ibn Khordaabeh "Regarding the route followed by the tradesmen to the ar-Rus, who are of the same kind as the as-Saqaliba, they carry hides of Al-Hazz (beaver) and black fox and, in addition, swords from th emost distant parts of the Saqaliba country to the Rum-see..." [AGREN 1995]