BUSSORAH WOOL

Inferior carpet wool from Mesopotamia has an irregular staple. It is dirty but rather better than Bushire wool (see Persian Wool.)

The wool is usually exported washed and sorted into white and coloured. Khorassan, is the best type, and the spring clip affords a good combing staple, rather finer than a carpet wool. The coloured wool is used for coarse felts. From Bunder Abbas two classes of wool are shipped: " Kurki," and " Meherjun." Bushire wools come from South Persia, and are similar to those from Bussorah, but they are even dirtier and less desirable.