Baghdad: Silk 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 silk 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
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. An inspector was established to collect the tax, with stamps being attached to products of silk looms. 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
Date: before 1229
The geographer, Yaqut al-Hamawi (d. 1229) records the existence of a district of Baghdad called the Dār al-Qazz (Hall of Silk). The silk workers of the neighbouring district of ʿAttabiyin produced striped cloth, known as ʿatabbi (English: tabby). See also: Dyers; Mat Makers; Embroiderers.
Citation: Josef von Karabacek, Arab Paper. Trans. Don Baker and Suzy Dittmar (London: Archetype for The Don Baker Memorial Fund, 2001), p. 28; R. B. Serjeant, ‘Material for a history of Islamic textiles up to the Mongol conquest,’ Ars Islamica 9 (1942), p. 78