Mulboos khas

Mulboos khas was a special kind of mulmul cloth made for the King and used for Royal clothing in the Mughal Empire. The Mulboos khas was a kind of first-grade muslin exclusively manufactured in Royal Karkhanas (''Mulboos khas kootees''^{[1]: 160 [2]}) notedly in places like Dacca, Sonargaon, Jangalbaree. Nur Jahan, the empress, was a great admirer of Dacca muslins. Mulboos khas was the finest and most expensive type of muslin, and it was used exclusively in Imperial use.^[3]

Nur Jahan and Jahangir

History

Mulboos Khas was an item of gift exchanged between the emperors and nobles.^[4] Murshid Quli Khan who was the first Nawab of Bengal was used to send Mulboos khas to Aurangzeb.^{[1]: 161 [2][5]}

It was also sent to Delhi for the Royal use.^[6]: 73

The contemporary quality was "Sarkar-i-Ali," which was used for lower hierarchy.^[3]

Characteristics

Mulboos khas was a piece material with 10 yards X 1-yard dimensions when produced of half-length. It was having 1800-1900 threads in warp. "Malmal khas" was the successor of Mulbool khas.^[3]

See also

• Abrawan
• Muslin
• Bafta cloth
• Khasa (cloth)