Baghdad: Saddlers
Date: 903-904
Al-Hilal al-Sabiʾ (d. 1056) in his Kitāb al-Wuzarāʾ records the imperial budget for 291 (903-904) in Baghdad. The craftsmen listed in this document include those who made things in the saddlery store (khizāna al-surūj). In the same document there is a reference to the renewal and repair of saddles. See also: Blacksmith; Armourer; Skinner; Furrier; Tanner.
Citation: Al-Hilal al-Sabiʾ (d. 1056) in his Kitāb al-Wuzarāʾ, ed. H. F. Amedroz (Leiden: Brill, 1904), p. 17. Translated in R. B. Serjeant, ‘Material for a history of Islamic textiles up to the Mongol conquest,’ Ars Islamica 9 (1942), pp. 73, 74.
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