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Where did European traders first encounter the Indian fine cotton textile?

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Explanation: European traders first encountered fine cotton cloth from India carried by Arab merchants in Mosul in present-day Iraq. So they began referring to all finely woven textiles as “muslin” – a word that acquired wide currency.

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