صناعة النسيج في كتاب صورة الأرض لابن حوقل

الملخص EN

The textile industry has occupied an important position in Islamic civilization, it was an important milestone in this civilization, as many of the Islamic cities were famous for the textile industry and were characterized by the production of certain types of textiles that took a great deal of fame.

The textile industry has contributed a large share of the exports of Islamic cities and has been an important financial resource for a large number of the inhabitants of these cities.

In our study of the textile industry we relied on the book (the picture of the land) of Ibn Hawqel, which contained valuable information about the places of the textile industry and the most famous textiles, Ibn Hawqel gave the economic side a great importance in writing his book, which reflected positively in the inclusion of his given information on the various economic activities, including the textile industry, showing us a bright picture of the textile industry in the Islamic world.

We also used a group of geographical sources that came after him to know the continuity and development of this industry or the difficulties encountered, as well as take advantage of language books and dictionaries in the interpretation of some names of clothing and textiles and knowledge of its significance.

In this research, we discussed the areas of the textile industry according to the regions arranged by Ibn Hawkal in his book and we talked about each city according to the region in which it is located, its industrial status and its famous textiles were cla