Aleppo: Sieve Makers

Arabic: Manākhiliyyīn

Date: 1950s

Nikita Elisséeff (d. 1997) refers to the existence of sieve makers (manākhiliyyīn) operating in Aleppo. He notes that they also made cradles.

Citation: Elisséeff, Nikita. “Corporations de Damas sous Nūr al-Dīn: Matériaux pour une topographie économique de Damas au XIIe siècle”, Arabica 3.1 (1956): p. 69.