ABSTRACT
Muhammadans who follow the profession of shawl cleaners, generally come from Hindustan, being invariably addressed as Pathán.
They wash Kashmírí, and other, shawls with soap or with the soap-nut (Rí_thá),97 darn holes, and then fumigate them with sulphur. Many Shál-gars act as agents of the great Punjábí shawl merchants.
