Baghdad: Cotton Weavers
Date: before 982
The anonymous text Ḥudūd al-ʿālam (Boundaries of the World), completed in 982, claims that one of the products of Baghdad was cotton fabric. See also: Weaver; Dyer; Tanner; Fuller.
Citation: Ḥudūd al-ʿālam, trans. V. Minorsky (London: Gibb Memorial Series, 1937), p. 138. Quoted in R. B. Serjeant, ‘Material for a history of Islamic textiles up to the Mongol conquest,’ Ars Islamica 9 (1942), p. 81.
B
Date: before 985-86
The Persian author Ibn Miskawayh (d. 1030) records a failed attempt by Samsam al-Dawla in 375 (985-86) to impose a ten-percent duty on silk and cotton cloth produced in Baghdad. See also: Weaver; Dyer; Tanner; Fuller.
Citation: R. B. Serjeant, ‘Material for a history of Islamic textiles up to the Mongol conquest,’ Ars Islamica 9 (1942), p. 82.
B
B
Date: before 999
The Persian author Ibn Miskawayh (d. 1030) records the imposition in 999 by Abu Nasr Sabur on the manufacture of silk and cotton cloth. After an uprising the tax was only maintained on silk, as the wearing of this by men was forbidden by law. See also: Weaver; Dyer; Tanner; Fuller.
Citation: R. B. Serjeant, ‘Material for a history of Islamic textiles up to the Mongol conquest,’ Ars Islamica 9 (1942), p. 82.