Katan was a thin silk cloth. It was made of double twisted yarns of pure silk yarns in warp and weft both.[1][2]

Texture

Katan was a superfine, delicate cloth.[3][4][5] It is said that ''The cloth goes to the pieces when exposed to the moonlight''[6]

Brocade

katan butidar : warp and weft with buties in zari or silk (untwisted).[7]

Mentions

European Katan is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari in silk stuffs.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Sonwalkar, Tammanna N. (1993). Hand Book of Silk Technology. Taylor & Francis. p. 296. ISBN 978-81-224-0495-1.
  2. ↑ Mohanty, Bijoy Chandra (1984). Brocaded Fabrics of India. Calico Museum of Textiles. p. 18.
  3. ↑ '' 'Katan' was another costly dress material. It was actually very fine muslin, so thin, that it at once wore out when moonshined on it '' Page 66https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Muslim_Women_in_Medieval_India/TogbAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=katan+silk+muslin&dq=katan+silk+muslin&printsec=frontcover
  4. ↑ Amir Khusrau: Memorial Volume. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1975. p. 150.
  5. ↑ Jain, Simmi (2003). Encyclopaedia of Indian Women Through the Ages: The middle ages. Gyan Publishing House. p. 198. ISBN 978-81-7835-173-5.
  6. ↑ Mubārak, Abū al-Faz̤l ibn (1902). The Akbarnāma of Abuʻl Fazl: History of the Reign of Akbar Including an Account of His Predecessors. Asiatic Society. p. 8. ISBN 978-81-7536-427-1.
  7. ↑ Mohanty, Bijoy Chandra (1984). Brocaded Fabrics of India. Calico Museum of Textiles. p. 29.
  8. ↑ Mubārak, Abū al-Faz̤l ibn (1873). The Ain i Akbari. Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 94.
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