Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c6.s2.t1.11

c6.s2.t1.11

Deccan were famous centres of cloth manufacture and gave their names to the cloth of their make which was considered to be of exceptional fineness and beauty.¹ Of the other well-known varieits of fine cloth, we read the names of *Bairamia*, *Salahiya*, *Shirin*, *Kattan-i-Rumi*, *Siraj*, *Qibab*, to mention only a few, though their precise nature is not clear. Probably these designations carry local and particular associations which it is not easy to unravel at present. Delhi was a great centre in the North, but it is not clear if its fame was due to its being a market of fine goods or because of their manufacture. The price of a complete piece of fine muslin of exceptional excellence went up to 100 Tankas.² There was a large stock of fine muslin, silk and brocade in Delhi and probably also in other large towns.³