"دليل بلاد فارس، المجلد I ويشمل محافظات أستراباد، شاهرود-بوستان، خراسان، وسيستان" [ظ‎‎٢‎٢‎٩] (٧٢٢/٤٦٥)

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be Very gfteat. The other felted and woollen articles^ being merely for
internal consumption, need not be mentioned.
There are few other things that require attention. The arms, cutlery,
kalians (pipes), &c., which form objects of trade among themselves, might
doubtless be better supplied by European manufactures. Something
of this is done already, but in a trifling way, and not lucrative in
proportion to the risk. Such branches of trade may, however, increase
in time and by attention. One article may be noticed, as it has acquired
some celebrity—the wine of Shiraz. This is made in no great quantity
and in so careless a manner, that in choosing it not more than one
karaba (or large bottle) in four or five can be made use of. There is no
such thing as a cask in all Persia; and as the wine is fermented in
comparatively small earthen vessels or glass bottles, some idea may
be formed of the various and ill-concocted stuff that is too often pro
duced.
The chief manufactures of this kingdom are gold brocade, silk stuffs,
cotton cloths of various kinds, leather, shawls of an inferior quality, and
the most beautiful carpets. At Shiraz and Maragha are manufactories
of glass. Muskets, pistols, and carbines are made and mounted in most
of the great towns, and the best tempered and most esteemed sword-
blades are manufactured in Khurasan by the descendants, it is said, of
the celebrated cutlers of Damascus, transported thither by Taimurlane.
The manufactures of Persia may, therefore, be summarised as follows:
Shiraz—Arms, cutlery, glassware, ornamented pencases, silver and gold
pipes, tobacco pipes, cotton cloths, cotton and woollen stockings, and
wine.
Karman—Shawls, namads, and felt articles, carpets, matchlocks.
Yazd—Silk goods, cotton cloths, carpets, namads, loaf sugar, shoes,
ironware, earthenware.
Isfahan—Silk goods, velvets, chintzes, cotton cloths, gold and silver
brocades, glassware, paper, carpets, namads, fine cutlery, arms, bows and
arrows, gold and silver kalians, ornamented pencases, loaf sugar, sweet
meat, shoes and stockings, carpentry.
Kashan—Velvets, silk goods, cotton cloth, gold and silver brocades,
copper, household utensils, earthenware.
Kasvin—Cotton cloths, namads, stockings, swords, arms.
Khurasan—Swords, firearrns, stoneware, namads, woollen cloths, cotton
goods, sheepskin pelisses.
Mashhad—Y r elvets, swordblades, armour ; dishes, &c., of stoneware.
Birjand and Chain—Namads, felts, woollen fabrics.
Kachan—Sheepskin pelisses.
Mazandaran—Silk and woollen <roods.
Gilan—-Silk and cotton stuffs, woollens, cutlery, arms.
Tabriz Velvets, silk stuffs, carpets, namads, woollens, copper utensils,
cutlery, arms.
Karmanshah—Carpets,
Hamadan—Prepared leather, sadlery, shoes.
Burujird—Excellent carpets.