_ 243 _ The variety of artisans cannot be enumerated, because they are many and diverse, some who make tunics of one kind and shape, others who make another, others who quilt them, others who line Turkish-style capes and others caps with furs of various kinds, with fox furs and others from the area, and others fine ones from Russia, from Aleppo and from Tabriz. Others make caps, others velvet and silken bonnets, others cotton and fur linings for turbans, others half- breeches for everyone wears these with shoes broader than boots, short, with leather heels secured with ribbons below the knee. Others make shoes of many kinds and shapes, all the soles attached with tiny sprigs, others place pieces of iron on the heels in their style. There is a great variety of artisans in copper articles. Others work them with the burin and others work the lathe, making pitchers and water basins with their hands, goblets and everything else, for everything is made on the lathe. Others make bows, others arrows, others swords in their own style, and there is an infinite number of artesans [making) various articles and plying various trades. which all demonstrated the immense quantity of trade. There are many caravanserais, which are buildings consisting of large constructions in stonework, in which
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