kaghaz-i khdrn (craw or unrefined paper'); and lagbaz-i ka& ('straw paper', meaning poor quality sheets). With regard to the method of production and intended use, there are terms such as kagbaz-i dhdr muhrah ('glazed paper'); kaghaz-i bary ('glossy paper'); ka-gbaz-i talgrir ('writing paper'); kdghaz-i charb ('smooth paper'); and kaghaz-i rnashq ('exercise or calligraphy paper').' Terminology also referred to the place of manufacture —for example Isfahani, Baghdadi, Dawlatabadi, Samarqandi, Shami, and Hindi. Of these, Samarqandi was the most famous, with reference to it from the Toth century AD onwards,' and to quote a poem by the calligrapher Mawlana