{"id":2312,"date":"2015-07-04T10:54:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T10:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2015-07-04T10:54:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T10:54:30","slug":"an-islamic-classification-of-craftsmanship-the-philosophy-of-honouring-labour-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=2312","title":{"rendered":"AN ISLAMIC CLASSIFICATION OF CRAFTSMANSHIP – THE PHILOSOPHY OF HONOURING LABOUR FORCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

AN ISLAMIC CLASSIFICATION OF CRAFTSMANSHIP
\nTHE PHILOSOPHY OF HONOURING LABOUR FORCE<\/p>\n

\"Islamic<\/a>
Islamic Craftsmen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The manual of Rasaill Ikhwan as-Safa<\/p>\n

I wonder if any society ha given so much dignity to labour by classifying all kinds of work in simple and lucid terms.<\/p>\n

The materials used by craftsmen fall into two categories, simple and complex.<\/p>\n

1. SIMPLE MATERIAL.<\/p>\n

a. WATER:
\nSailor
\nWater-carrier
\nMaker or sellers of syrup
\nSwimmers<\/p>\n

b. EARTH:
\nDigger of wells
\nDigger of rivers
\nDiggers of canals
\nMiners
\nGrave diggers<\/p>\n

c. FIRE:
\nNaphtha-extractor
\nTorch bearer
\nStoker<\/p>\n

d. AIR:
\nPiper
\nTrumpeter<\/p>\n

e. WATER AND EARTH:
\nPotter
\nPorcelain maker
\nEarthenware-pot seller
\nMilk-beater<\/p>\n

2. COMPLEX MATERIALS
\na. MINERAL:
\nSmith
\nCoppersmith
\nLead-worker
\nGlazier
\nGoldsmith<\/p>\n

b. VEGETABLE:<\/p>\n

x. Basic vegetable material.
\nCarpenter
\nPalm-leaf seller
\nRush-mat seller
\nReed-mat seller
\nBasket-maker<\/p>\n

y. Bark:
\nFlax-spinner
\nHemp-worker
\nPaper-worker<\/p>\n

z. Secondary vegetable material leaves, flowers, fruit, seed etc)
\nFlour dealer
\nPressers
\nRice dealer
\nSeed dealer
\nSesame dealer<\/p>\n

c. ANIMAL
\n1. Animals
\nHunter
\nShepherds
\nCowherds
\nGrooms
\nFarrier
\nBird-keepers
\n2. Animal bodies
\nButcher
\nRoaster
\nCook
\nTanner
\nShoe-maker
\nCobbler
\nLeather-worker
\nLeather bottle maker
\nSandal maker
\n3. Quantities of Bodies
\nWeigher
\nMeasurer
\nCubit-measurer
\nMoney-changer
\nMarket crier
\nEvaluator
\n4. Human bodies
\nPhysician
\nBarber<\/p>\n

\"Labour<\/a>
Labour Class<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SECOND CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO TOOLS<\/p>\n

1. Those who use their own limbs and no implements.
\na. The Tongue:
\nPreacher
\nPoet
\nJudge
\nReader
\nb. The Eyes:
\nSentinel
\nWatchman
\nc. Hand and Tongue:
\nWeaver
\nWailing woman
\nd. Whole body:
\nDancer
\nSwimmer<\/p>\n

2. Those who use tools.
\na. One tool
\nTrumpeter
\nPiper
\nDrummer
\nb. Two tools
\nTailor
\nScribe<\/p>\n

CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO MOVEMENT
\na. Permanent movement:
\nMessenger
\nSurveyor
\nb. Permanently seated:
\nGarment mender
\nCarder
\nc. Permanently standing:
\nCarder
\nRice grinder<\/p>\n

\"Well<\/a>
Well Digging<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BESIDES OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS FOR WEAVING, AGRICULTURE, AND BUILDING. AS WELL AS LUXURY TRADES AND CRAFTS INHERITED FROM NOBILITIES.<\/p>\n

The classification s simply amazing. It includes all human labour in a classification so bizarre that it makes you laugh as well as amazement at its fullness of the human venture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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