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that was a major center for cotton textile production and export from the early medieval period. Masulipatnam was well known to Arab, Persian, and later European traders--particularly the Portuguese, Dutch, and English--for its fine cotton fabrics, including lightweight plain-woven cloths comparable to what later came to be called muslin in Europe. Some scholars have suggested that European merchants may have derived the term muslin from the name of this port, in a manner similar to other textlile names such as calico

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