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A thin silk cloth
Katan was a thin
silk cloth. It was made of double
twisted yarns of pure silk yarns in
warp and weft both.
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Katan was a superfine, delicate cloth.
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[5] It is said that ''The cloth goes to the pieces when exposed to the moonlight''
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katan butidar : warp and weft with buties in
zari or silk (untwisted).
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European Katan is mentioned in the
Ain-i-Akbari in silk stuffs.
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^ Sonwalkar, Tammanna N. (1993).
Hand Book of Silk Technology. Taylor & Francis. p. 296.
ISBN
978-81-224-0495-1.
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^ Mohanty, Bijoy Chandra (1984).
Brocaded Fabrics of India. Calico Museum of Textiles. p. 18.
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^ '' 'Katan' was another costly dress material. It was actually very fine muslin, so thin, that it at once wore out when moonshined on it ''
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https://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
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^
Amir Khusrau: Memorial Volume. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1975. p. 150.
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^ Jain, Simmi (2003).
Encyclopaedia of Indian Women Through the Ages: The middle ages. Gyan Publishing House. p. 198.
ISBN
978-81-7835-173-5.
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^ 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.
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^ Mohanty, Bijoy Chandra (1984).
Brocaded Fabrics of India. Calico Museum of Textiles. p. 29.
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^ Mubārak, Abū al-Faz̤l ibn (1873).
The Ain i Akbari. Asiatic Society of Bengal. p. 94.