The Textiles of the Mongol era based on the Manuscript of Al-Morshed fī al-hisāb

Facilitating the exchange of different experiences of nations which resulted in the growth and development of arts and sciences was one of the most important achievements of the Mongols and of interests of their kings. The textile and cloth-weaving industry in the Mongol era was not an exception. Historical evidences show an increase in the exchange and trade of fabrics and textiles between Iran and china during the Mongol rule، and additionally، Iranians and Chinese exchanged their technical experiences in such field، however Iranians had a more considerable share. Persian cloth-weaving techniques developed during the Mongols rule and Iran''s exports of textiles to China played a great role in commercial exchanges between these two countries in this period. Despite the importance of textile industry in this period، a competent study has not yet committed in such field because of the lack of information on historical resources. Accordingly، recognition and introducing of the sources can be considered as an effective element in progressing historical studies about several industries in Mongol era. It has been tried، in this article، to introduce one of the significant Ilkhanate sources to identify the names of its textiles comparing them with other historical sources. This study has been accomplished on the basis of “Al-Morshed fī al-hisāb” manuscript and is presented in two sections. As the starting point، “Al-Morshed fī al-hisāb” and its codicological descriptions are introduced and then، using other historical sources، the name of existing textiles in this manuscript would be surveyed