Katan (cloth)

Katan was a thin silk cloth. It was made of double twisted yarns of pure silk yarns in warp and weft both.

Texture
Katan was a superfine, delicate cloth. It is said that The cloth goes to the pieces when exposed to the moonlight

Brocade
katan butidar : warp and weft with buties in zari or silk (untwisted).

Mentions
European Katan is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari in silk stuffs.