Panchtoliya was an old cotton cloth of the Mughal period. The Panchtoliya was very light in weight and used for the veil. It was weighing only 2-5 tola (one tola is 10 grams) per piece. The credit of Panchtoliya goes to the Mughal empress Nur Jahan. She was very fashion enthusiastic, encouraged, and introduced many styles and varieties of cloths of her interest. Few examples are Panchtoliya, badla (silver-threaded brocade), kinari (silver-threaded lace), and Dudami ( a flower-patterned muslin, used for gowns) weighing just two dams. Nur Jahan is also credited for specific dresses. For instance, nurmahali for the wedding is one of them.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Mentions
editAbu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak mentioned Panchtoliya in Ain-i-Akbari with a price of 1-3 Muhr.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Findly, Ellison Banks (1993-03-25). Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India. Oxford University Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-19-536060-8.
- ^ Mukherjee, Soma (2001). Royal Mughal Ladies and Their Contributions. Gyan Books. p. 223. ISBN 978-81-212-0760-7.
- ^ Sharma, Sunita (2004). Veil, Sceptre, and Quill: Profiles of Eminent Women, 16th- 18th Centuries. Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library. p. 73.
- ^ RAWAT, DR SUGANDHA (2020-07-20). THE WOMEN OF MUGHAL HAREM. Evincepub Publishing. p. 82. ISBN 978-93-90197-41-5.
- ^ "Malika V: Nur Jahan - AramcoWorld". www.aramcoworld.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- ^ Mubārak, Abū al-Faz̤l ibn (1997). The Ā-īn-i Akbarī. Low Price Publications. p. 101. ISBN 978-81-86142-25-7.
