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Kurdish rugs ( ku, قالی کوردی) are rugs woven by
Kurds ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ira ...
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Kurdistan Kurdistan ( ku, کوردستان ,Kurdistan ; lit. "land of the Kurds") or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural territory in Western Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, languages ...
.Neff, Ivan C. and Carol V. Maggs. Dictionary of Oriental Rugs. London: AD. Donker LTD, 1977. When referring to Kurdish rugs within the rug industry, one is referring to those made within Iranian Kurdistan.


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File:Antique kurdish iran rug 404854.jpg, Kurdish ''Wagireh'' File:Antique kurdish rug 429871.jpg, Antique Kurdish Rug, date: 1207 AH (1792 AD) File:Kurdish Bojnurd Jajim.jpg, Kurdish '' Jajim'' carpet from
Bojnurd Bojnord ( fa, ; also romanized Bojnūrd, Bujnūrd, Bojnoord, Bojnord or Bujnurd), known in the Middle Ages as Buzanjird, is the capital city of North Khorasan Province, Iran. It is about from Tehran. and It is located 237 km away from Mashhad ...
File:سفره کردی.jpg, A Kurdish carpet File:Modern Bidjar rug.jpg, A Kurdish Bidjar rug


See also

* Bidjar rug * Yürük rug * Persian rug


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Encyclopædia Britannica
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