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The production of textiles is one of the oldest activities of the ancient Egyptian civilization, and during Pharaonic and Graeco-Roman periods, Egypt was well known for its intricately woven textiles. During the Byzantine period (AD 395-642), textiles factories were widely spread throughout Egypt, especially in Upper Egypt. These textiles were famous, and given the designations, 'Coptic textiles'. After Islamic entering to Egypt in AD 640-641, Muslims continued to develop the textile industry. Muslim traditions, such as the qiswa (covering) of the Ka'ba and the conferring of robes of honor on special occasions, helped to promote the textile industry. During the Islamic period, there were many canters for the textile industry in Egypt, including Fayoum. The city of Fayoum was famous for a certain type of textiles that retained Coptic features; this will be discussed in detail in this paper, this paper aim to investigate the remarkable features of Fayoum textiles during Tulunid period, depending on decorated pieces which were attributed to Fayoum during that time. This paper was developed using analytical and comparative approaches based on document and picture analyses. The paper concluded that Fayoum textiles industry had distinctive features during Tulunid period, and Coptic features were the most distinctive features of Fayoum Textiles.
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