Damascus: Textile Manufacturers

Date: Twelfth to sixteenth centuries

The Market for Fabrics (sūq al-bazz) took the place of the Saddlers’ Market on Straight Street, near the Market of the Seed Merchants. Information is drawn from the work of Ibn ʿAsakir (d. 1176), al-Hadi (d. 1503), and al-Almawi (d. 1573). See also: Dyers and Textile Printers; Embroiderers; Textile Manufacturers; Textile Merchants; Saddlers.

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. 74.