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1 Mulboos Khas
(Royal apparel). The finest of native-made Dacca muslins which, in olden times, the Governor of Bengal presented annually to the Emperor Aurengrebe. According to one writer they cost ten times the price of any linens (muslins) permitted to be made for Europeans. (Ormes' Historical Fragments of the Mogul Empire)
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