Turfani pashm or Kuchari Pashm[1] or Turfani wool is a type of shawl wool obtained from Tibetan goats. It was imported to India from Yarkant and Changtang (Chinese Tibet). The wool was considered valuable for certain shawls.[2][3][1]
Quality edit
Turfani was one of the finest cashmere wool.[2]
Imports edit
Turfani wool was imported in large quantities into Leh and in Ladakh from Changtang . The most imports were made for Maharaja's territory only and confined to Kashmir region. More than 700 maunds were imported in year. There was import duty on the Turfani pashm irrespective of the origin they were coming in 1860–1870.[1][4]
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References edit
- ^ a b c Beek, Martijn van; Bertelsen, Kristoffer Brix; Pedersen, Poul (1999). Ladakh: Culture, History, and Development Between Himalaya and Kararoram ; Recent Research on Ladakh 8 : Proceedings of the Eighth Colloquium of the International Association for Ladakh Studies Held at Moesgaard, Aarhus University, 5-8 June 1997. Aarhus University Press. p. 332. ISBN 978-87-7288-791-3.
- ^ a b Watson, John Forbes (1873). A Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian Department. W.H. Allen.
- ^ Tortora, Phyllis G.; Johnson, Ingrid (2013-09-17). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles. A&C Black. p. 640. ISBN 978-1-60901-535-0.
- ^ Rizvi, Janet (2001). Trans-Himalayan Caravans: Merchant Princes and Peasant Traders in Ladakh. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-565817-0.