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The English name reflects the historical use of the material for fulling (cleaning and shrinking) wool, by textile workers known as fullers. [1] [2] [3] In past centuries, fullers kneaded fuller's earth and water into woollen cloth to absorb lanolin, oils, and other greasy impurities as part of the cloth finishing process.
The Multani are a traditionally nomadic Labana community of Northern India who historically specialised in the transport and trade of grain, silk, diamond and gold . [1]
Multani Lohar, a Muslim community found in the states of Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh in India; Multani (raga), a raga in Indian classical music; Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite‑Bourgeoys, a 2006 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada; Multani Mal Modi College, in Patiala, India; Ali Haider Multani (1690–1785), Punjabi Sufi poet
Multani is one of four Landa scripts whose usage was extended beyond the mercantile domain and formalized for literary activity and printing; the others being Gurmukhi, Khojki, and Khudabadi. Although Multani is now obsolete, it is a historical script in which written and printed records exist. [2] It was also known as Karikki and as Sarai.
The Multani Lohar are the Muslim Blacksmith and carpenter community found in the state of Gujarat and western Uttar Pradesh Delhi, Rajasthan madhya pradesh in India.. Some of them are also found in state of Rajasthan, They converted to Islam from Rajput community and some from Brahmin community Due to influence of Sufi Islam in India in 11th century By creating egalitarian communities within ...
Multani people from Multan, Shikarpur and Mawar of both Hindu and Muslim background acted as bankers and merchants in Safavid Persia. Hindu merchants in Hamadan were massacred by Ottomans as stated by an Armenian, with the Indian merchant community plummeting due to the Ottoman and Afghan wars in Iran (1722–27). [43]
The English word for tanning is from medieval Latin tannāre, derivative of tannum , from French tan (tanbark), from old-Cornish tann (oak). These terms are related to the hypothetical Proto-Indo-European * dʰonu meaning 'fir tree'. (The same word is source for Old High German tanna meaning 'fir', related to modern German Tannenbaum).
A visible tan line on a woman whose skin has been darkened by ultraviolet exposure, except where covered Sun tanning or tanning is the process whereby skin color is darkened or tanned. It is most often a result of exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight or from artificial sources, such as a tanning lamp found in indoor tanning beds.