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Turfani pashm or Kuchari Pashm or Turfani wool is a type of shawl
Turfani pashm or Kuchari Pashm or Turfani wool is a type of shawl wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have some properties similar to animal w ...
obtained from Tibetan goats. It was imported to India from Yarkant and Changtang
The Changtang (alternatively spelled Changthang or Qangtang) is a part of the high altitude Tibetan Plateau in western and northern Tibet extending into the southern edges of Xinjiang as well as southeastern Ladakh, India, with vast highlands and g ...
(Chinese Tibet). The wool was considered valuable for certain shawl
A shawl (from ''shāl'') is a simple item of clothing, loosely worn over the shoulders, upper body and arms, and sometimes also over the head. It is usually a rectangular piece of Textile, cloth, but can also be Square (geometry), square or tr ...
s.
Quality
Turfani was one of the finestcashmere wool
Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from cashmere goats, Changthangi, pashmina goats, and some other breeds of goat. It has been used to make yarn, textiles and clothing for hundreds of years. Cashmere is closely ...
.
Imports
Turfani wool was imported in large quantities intoLeh
Leh () is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the Kashmir#Kashmir_dispute, disputed Kashmir region. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the WP:TE ...
and in Ladakh
Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory and constitutes an eastern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a Kashmir#Kashmir dispute, dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and India an ...
from Changtang . The most imports were made for Maharaja's territory only and confined to Kashmir region. More than 700 maunds were imported in year. There was import duty on the Turfani pashm irrespective of the origin they were coming in 1860–1870.
See also
*Puttoo
Puttoo was the coarse woolen cloth used in and before the 19th century in the Indian subcontinent. It was made of camel's hair or yak.
Quality
Puttoo was a less expensive woolen material used by locals of hilly areas for their daily garments l ...
* Changthangi
The Changthangi or Changpa is a list of goat breeds, breed of cashmere goat native to the high plateaus of Ladakh in North India, northern India. It is closely associated with the Nomad, nomadic Changpa people of the Changthang plateau. It ma ...
References
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