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    Kurdish rugs (Kurdish: فەرشی کوردی) are rugs woven by Kurds in Kurdistan. When referring to Kurdish rugs within the rug industry, one is referring to...
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  • Kurdistan Kurd (disambiguation) Kurdish literature Kurdish music Kurdish rugs Kurdish cuisine Kurdish culture Kurdish nationalism This disambiguation...
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    Kurds (redirect from Kurdish demographics)
    design. Another well-known Kurdish rug is the Senneh rug, which is regarded as the most sophisticated of the Kurdish rugs. They are especially known for...
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    Persian carpet (redirect from Hamadan Rugs)
    Kurdish rugs and other weavings (1st American ed.). New York: Interlink Books. ISBN 978-0940793170. Parham, Cyrus (1996). Masterpieces of Fars Rugs....
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    approximately 15-22 million Kurds and 68% follow Sunni Islam. Kurdish cinema Kurdish dance Kurdish rugs Deq (tattoo) "Who are the Kurds?". BBC News. 2019-10-15...
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    civilisation. Rug weaving represents a traditional craft dating back to prehistoric times. Rugs were woven much earlier than even the oldest surviving rugs like...
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  • Persian rugs, Pakistani rugs, Arabian rugs, Anatolian rugs, Kurdish rugs, Caucasian rugs, Central Asian rugs, Turkestanian (Turkmen, Turkoman) rugs, Chinese...
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    doi:10.2307/2843309. JSTOR 2843309. Eagleton (1988). An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings. p. 30. Maunsell, F. R. (1901). "Central Kurdistan"...
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    Gabbeh (category Persian rugs and carpets)
    Emmett (2003). Oriental Rugs Today. Emmett Eiland's Rugs. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-1-893163-46-1. Gabbeh Rugs: The Persian Gabbeh Rug from Emmett Eilant's blog...
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  • Dorothy Rogers (category Kurdish rugs and carpets)
    feature article in The Illustrated London News describes Rogers' "enchanting rugs" as "miracles of fine beauty and craftsmanship" which "may well be said to...
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    Yazidis (category CS1 uses Kurdish-language script (ku))
    Retrieved 7 February 2016. Eagleton, William (1988). An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings. Scorpion. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-905906-50-8. Arakelova...
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    less resistant to wear, and these rugs do not last as long. Another variant of knot is known from early Spanish rugs. The Spanish knot or single-warp knot...
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  • Oriental Rugs, Volume 2: Persian. Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors' Club. p. 215. ISBN 0-907462-12X Bennett, Ian, ed. (1977). Rugs & Carpets...
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    Charles Grant (1974). Prayer Rugs. Washington, DC: Textile Museum. pp. 11, 19. "The History Of Prayer Rugs". Oriental Rug Salon. 2022-03-30. Retrieved...
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  • Introduction to Kurdish Rugs drew from his experience collecting rugs in Baghdad and elsewhere in the Middle East. It remains the standard book on Kurdish pile weavings...
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    Shahmaran (category Articles containing Kurdish-language text)
    with a large Kurdish and Arab population. In these regions her legend is commonly evoked, with her image depicted in embroidery, fabrics, rugs, and jewelry...
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    and rugs are primarily made in villages, rather than in cities. They are made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces, the rugs of the...
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    The Ayyubid dynasty (Arabic: الأيوبيون al-Ayyūbīyūn; Kurdish: ئەیووبییەکان Eyûbiyan), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of...
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  • beauty of rugs increased to a point where rugs are now bought as decorative pieces. Because of the long history of fine silk and wool rug weaving in...
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    Oriental Carpet Manufacturers (category Oriental rugs and carpets)
    structure to the rugs woven in the Kurdish town of Bijar, but with cotton warps and wefts instead of the woolen yarn used in Bijar rugs. The pile was to...
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  • these countries. Contemporary Scandinavian rugs—most especially Swedish rugs—are among the most sought after rugs in the world today, largely due to the contributions...
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    (1960). Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Guide. Faber & Faber. pp. 25–26. Wendorf, Michael (November 2000). "The Nature of Kurdishness". Hali. 113: 73. Kurds...
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    Qashqai people (redirect from Qashqa'i Rug)
    Oriental Rugs Antique & Modern. Reprint: Dover Publications, New York (1970), p. 116. Bennett, Ian (1978) "Later Persian Weaving." In: Rugs & Carpets...
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    Saddam Hussein (category Kurdish genocide perpetrators)
    Company, diversifying the Iraqi economy. He presided over the Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975). Following al-Bakr's resignation in 1979, Saddam formally...
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    The design was fashioned after French Aubusson rugs of the 17th and 18th centuries. All old French rugs are classified as either Aubusson or Savonnerie...
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    Suzani (textile) (redirect from Suzani rug)
    Bengali Crimean Tatar Gambian Hausa Indonesian (Javanese) Kashmiri Kazakh Kurdish Kyrgyz Malaysian (Malay) Malian Nigerian Pashto Persian Punjabi Sindhi...
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    Iraq (category Articles containing Kurdish-language text)
    Yarsanism and Judaism. The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish; others also recognized in specific regions are Turkish, Suret, and Armenian...
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    Sanandaj (category Articles containing Kurdish-language text)
    069, Sanandaj is the 23rd largest city in Iran and the second largest Kurdish city.[citation needed] Sanandaj's founding is fairly recent, (about 250...
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    Bijar (city) (category Articles containing Kurdish-language text)
    carpets since the Achaemenid era (550–330 BCE). Present day carpets and rugs have 100–200 Turkish knots per inch and are distinguished by their stiff...
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    Iranian Rugs. The distinctive durability of Tabriz's carpets and its unique designs made it a famous brand in the world's carpet markets. Tabrizi rugs and...
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