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to arab cotton silk samite, th century, pritzer collection, chicago the resist-dyed textiles probably came to central asia with the arab conquest. before the arab invasion, the region was famous for completely different fabrics – the famous sogdian silk samites, which were the main commodity on the
great silk road. after the arab invasion, however, silk samites disappeared. they were replaced by different types of cotton fabrics and, first of all, resist-dyed ikats, known now as asb in arabic (from the arab verb asaba, "to tie up"). it is interesting to compare sogdian samites with arabic asb textiles...
https://voicesoncentralasia.org/how-ikat-accompanied-history-in-central-asia/