Katan was a thin silk cloth. It was made of double twisted yarns of pure silk yarns in warp and weft both.
Katan was a superfine, delicate cloth. It is said that <nowiki>The cloth goes to the pieces when exposed to the moonlight</nowiki>
katan : warp and weft with in zari or silk (untwisted).
European Katan is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbari in silk stuffs.