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" Artisans, Iran - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Floor, Willem
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English
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1060713
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ALei1110
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Floor, Willem
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Artisans, Iran - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Floor, Willem
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(3,635 words)
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Artisans in Iran were the mainstay of the urban economy throughout the Islamic period until the 1950s and constituted a significant part of its labour force. Artisans (pishavar, ahl-i kasb, ahl-i ḥirfa) generally worked in small, mostly family-operated workshops, which usually had one master and two or three journeymen and some young, unskilled helpers. There was neither division of labour nor specialisation in process. All parts of a product were made and assembled in the workshop, and, in many cases, the product was sold there. In the
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Islam.
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ALei1110.pdf
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