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Nov. 1-30. Sahyun. Dominus Methafardinus Saonae comes to an agreement with the doge of Venice. He grants safe-conduct to all Venetian merchants leaving or entering his land, on their way to or from Aleppo. He confirms his father’s agreement with Venice. He grants security of goods in cases of shipwreck or death. The Venetians can decide juridically on cases involving them alone. They will pay 8 dir. [dirhams] for a camel-load of pepper and 6 and a quarter for a pack-horse’s load of pepper. They will pay 4 dir. for each camel-load of cotton and 2 and two-thirds for every mule-load of cotton.