Hama: Gold and Silver Thread Manufacturers

Date: c. 1840

Sir John Bowring (d. 1872) finds that Hama and Homs manufactured 25,000 drams (approximately 44.2 kg) of gold and silver thread annually. See also: Embroiderer with Silver Wire.

Citation: Bowring, John. Report on the Commercial Statistics of Syria (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1840. Reprinted: New York: Arno Press, 1973), p. 21.