Marghinan

Marghinan, or Margilan, lies in the fertile Fergana Valley, where orchards and fields spread below the surrounding mountains. The city became especially renowned for silk weaving, a craft sustained by local knowledge of silk, dyes and patterned threads. Its atlas cloth is woven in silk, while adras combines silk and cotton; their bright designs emerge from threads dyed before weaving. Caravans carried the products of Fergana's workshops beyond the valley, making the town a centre of exchange as well as craftsmanship.