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    Sulaiman described extremely fine cotton fabrics produced in the kingdom of Rahmi (ancient Bengal) that could pass through a signet ring. In the 12th century, Islamic influences added countless motifs and colors to the fabrics. A technique using discontinuously added inlaid threads on looms created pattern-rich fabrics bearing poetic names like "morning dew", "flowing water", and "woven wind". The art of these fine patterned muslin fabrics blossomed during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar into the exquisite flowered muslin called Jamdani.

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    Sulaiman described extremely fine cotton fabrics produced in the kingdom of Rahmi (ancient Bengal) that could pass through a signet ring. In the 12th century, Islamic influences added countless motifs and colors to the fabrics. A technique using discontinuously added inlaid threads on looms created pattern-rich fabrics bearing poetic names like "morning dew", "flowing water", and "woven wind". The art of these fine patterned muslin fabrics blossomed during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar into the exquisite flowered muslin called Jamdani.

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    Jamdani Origin

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    Yashi Baid
    Sulaiman described extremely fine cotton fabrics produced in the kingdom of Rahmi (ancient Bengal) that could pass through a signet ring. In the 12th century, Islamic influences added countless motifs and colors to the fabrics. A technique using discontinuously added inlaid threads on looms created pattern-rich fabrics bearing poetic names like "morning dew", "flowing water", and "woven wind". The art of these fine patterned muslin fabrics blossomed during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar into the exquisite flowered muslin called Jamdani.

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    Sulaiman, a 9th-century Arab traveller, wrote of cotton fabrics made in the kingdom of Rahmi (erstwhile undivided Bengal) which were so fine they could pass through a signet ring. Around the 12th century,
    Islamic influences infused the fabric with countless motifs and colours. And through the magic of one inlaid thread—added discontinuously onto the loom—it turned into a surface for mesmerising patterns. The
    technique created motif-rich fabrics that bore poetic names like Shabnam (morning dew), Ab-i-rawan (flowing water) and Baftnama (woven wind). It was during the Mughal emperor Akbar's reign that the art
    blossomed into its most exquisite form—the flowered muslin, Jamdani.

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