A sumptuously illustrated, region-by-region survey of textiles made, worn, used and displayed in the Islamic world. 
The text includes details of dozens of textile techniques, such as loom types, materials, forms of decoration and local specialities, paired with specially taken colour images of textiles on display, photographs of weavers and dyers in action, and rare historical material.

THE OTTOMAN WORLD Turkey • The Balkans 
ISLAMIC SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA Spain • Morocco • 
Algeria • Tunisia • Libya • Egypt 
THE ARAB WORLD Syria • Palestine • Iraq • Saudi Arabia • Kuwait • Oman • Yemen 
THE PERSIAN WORLD Iran • The Caucasus 
CENTRAL ASIA Uzbekistan • Turkmenistan • Tajikistan • Kyrgyzstan • Afghanistan 
THE MUGHAL WORLD India • Pakistan • Bangladesh 
EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA 
China • Malaysia • Indonesia • The Philippines 
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA East Africa • West Africa

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