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Kurdish rugs, Kurdish carpets

Kurdish Rugs, Kurdish Carpets

The Kurds are one of Iran’s greatest tribes. Their warlike temperament has led to frequent skirmishes with other tribes and with successive central governments, who have responded by resettling groups of Kurds in various parts of the country. There are several million Kurds in Iran and millions more in adjoining Turkey and Iraq.

The Kurds are skilled carpet weavers. The most famous carpets are those of Bijar and Senneh. Warps and wefts are cotton, the pile wool. The carpets of Songor and Kolyai have a weave similar to that of Senneh, but less fine. Warps and wefts are cotton, the pile is wool. The designs often resemble those of Nahavand, but are more barbaric. The rugs of Quchan have more have more of the character of tribal carpets.