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Guide to Central Asian and Chinese Rugs:

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Considerations of Using Silk Rugs

 
Baotou-Suiyuan - Baotou-Suiyuan Rugs

Baotao is a industrial port city on the Huang He river in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region. Suiyuan is former province in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region.

Beijing

Bokhara Suzani

7 by 12 Ft Central Asian Kelim

Sotheby's Pair of Central Asian Leather Applique Boots late 19th/early 20thC Lot 4

Central Asian Rug

Christie's Chinese Art Deco Carpet C. 1930 Lot 234

Christie's Chinese Rug 1st Quarter 20th C. Lot 232

East Turkestan

Hazara: Hazara Rugs & Carpets

Kansu

Kashgar

Khotan

Ming

Ninghsia

Samarkand

Tianjin

Tibet

Uzbek - Uzbek Rugs & Carpets

Yarkand

 
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Shaybanid Horde
  • The Uzbek are an offshoot of the Mongol Golden Horde that conquered Russia in the thirteenth century. Cingis Qan (Ghengis Khan) died in 1227 and his empire was divided up in the great Quraltai of 1229. Jochi the eldest son was given the land furthest from the hearth, but since he had died his heirs led by Berke took from the Caucasus north into Russia and they were known as the Golden Horde. The Golden Horde or Kipchaks were led by Batu and Berke. Their younger brother Shayban, who gained acclaim in the Mongolian invasion of Hungary" split off and established the Shaybanid Horde.

  • A later Shaybanid Khan named Uzbek converted to Islam and the horde became known as the Uzbeks. In the later part of the 15th century the Shaybanid Horde moved into Transoxiana (Turan) and by 1505 the Uzbeks pushed the Chagati Turks or Timurids out and took the land they still inhabit today.

  • The subjagated peoples of that area primarily Sart and Turkic have been absorbed into the Uzbek. Linguisticly Uzbek is a Turkic language. Uzbeks weave both pile and flatweave. Much of Uzbek production I feel is incorrectly labeled as Turkmen.

Muhammad Shaybani Khan

 
Recommended Books On Central Asian and Chinese Rugs and Textiles:
 

Eiland, Murray L. Jr. Chinese and Exotic Rugs. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979.

Articles that you may be interested in:

Modern Uzbek Tribal Structure by H.B. Paksoy

Togan, Z.V., The Origins of the Kazaks and the Ôzbeks, edited and translated by H.B. Paksoy

Two Altaic Games: Chelik-Chomak and Jirid Oyunu
Aspects of Altaic Civilization III, Denis Sinor, ed. (Bloomington/The Hague: Indiana University Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 1990, Indiana University Uralic and Altaic Series, Volume 145
The Traditional Oglak Tartish Among the Kirghiz of the Pamirs
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1985, Part
Observations Among Kirghiz Refugees from the Pamirs of Afghanistan Settled in the Turkish Republic
Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford Vol. XVI, No. 1, Hilary, 1980

Design Migration on the Silk Route:

Afghan War Rugs: If it Walks Like a Duck... by J. Barry O'Connell, Jr.

Carpet Collections in Central Asia,

Three from Turkestan, by George O'Bannon and Paul Mushak, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 8/1

The Rugs of Amos Bateman Thatcher, by George O'Bannon, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 8/2

Silk Road II: West to East in 1987, by Chris Walter, Travels on the Silk Road from the opposite direction, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 8/3

Letter From the Northwest Frontier, by Saul Yale Barodofsky, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 9/5 Peshawar, one of the world's last frontier towns

"A Look at the Word Tribal," by Murray L. Eiland, Jr. Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 9/5 IX/5/40-41

"Turkomans in Exile," Walter, Chris, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 9/5 IX/5/28-30

Lead Article: Patterned Reed Screens of the Kirghiz in the State Historical Museum, Frunze, Part I, by Stella Mateeva and Jon Thompson, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 11/6

Rugs of East Turkestan: Khotan, Yarkand or Kashgar?, by George O'Bannon, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 11/6 A closer look at the literature on these types results in more questions than answers

Dye Analysis in Miscellaneous Rugs and Trappings of the Central Asian Group, by Dr. Paul Mushak Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 11/6

Patterned Reed Screens of the Kirghiz in the State Historical Museum Frunze, Part II, by Stella Mateeva and Jon Thompson, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 12/1

Uzbekistan: Searching the Heart of Central Asia, by Chris Walter On the brink of an identity crises, the former Soviet Republic has far to go, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 13/1

"Jora," Walter, Chris, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 13/3 XIII/3/14-17

The Origins of the Kilim: A Survey of Current Thinking, by Peter Davies, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 13/3 XIII/3/32-36

"George W. O'Bannon, An Irishman in Friendly Disguise," Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 14/5 XIV/5/23-24

"Walking to Eastern Turkestan," Justin, Valerie, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 14/5 XIV/5/28-29

Where in Hell is George, by Ron O'Callaghan, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 14/5

Contemporary Rug Weaving in Eastern Turkestan, by Murray L. Eiland III , Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 15, No. 6, August/September, 195

The Arts and Crafts of the People of Central Asia at the Samarkand Museum, Uzbekistan, by George W. O'Bannon, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 16/1, #124, October/November, 1995

The Karakalpak Rug Collection of the Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow, by L.G. Beresneva and A.S. Teselkin with a commentary by George O'Bannon, Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 16/1, 124, October/November, 1995

A Partial List of Books on Central Asian and Chinese Rugs and Textiles:

This list is not meant to be comprehensive but rather it is to to give you an idea of what has been published.

Afghan Carpet Export Guild: Exhibition of Afghan Handwoven Carpets. Kabul: 1975.

Allane, Lee: Chinese Rugs, A Buyers Guide; NY: 1993.

Arberry, A.J.: Shiraz - Persian City of Saints and Poets. Norman: 1960.

Bacon, Elizabeth: Central Asians Under Russian Rule. Ithaca: 1966.

Badeau, John S. ed.: The Genius of Arab Civilization, Source of Renaissance. Cambridge MA: 1978.

Baker, Muriel and Margaret Lunt: Blue and White: The Cotton Embroideries of Rural China. NY: 1977.

Bartholomew, Mark: Thunder Dragon Textiles from Bhutan. Tokyo: 1985.

Bauman, John: Central Asian Carpets Study Guide. Islamabad: 1984.

Bausback, Christian: Alte Teppiche aus Tibet (Old Rugs From Tibet). Mannheim: 1989.

Bausback, Peter: Alte Und Antike Meisterstucke Chinesischer Teppichknupf Kunst. Mannheim: 1974.

Bausback, Peter: Alte und Antike Chinesische Knupfkunst (Old and Antique Chinese Carpets). Mannheim: 1980.

Becker, Seymour: Russia's Protectorates in Central Asia: Bukhara and Khiva 1865-1924. Cambridge: 1968.

Belenitsky, Aleksander; translated by James Hogarth: Central Asia. Geneva: 1968.

Berger, Patricia and T. Bartholomew: Mongolia, The Legacy of Chinggis Khan. NY: 1995.

Bidder, Hans: Carpets from East Turkestan, Known as Khotan, Samarkand and Kansu Carpets. London: 1964.

Birge, John Kingsley: The Bektashi Order of Dervishes. London: 1937.

Boucher, Jeff: Baluchi Woven Treasure. London: 1989.

Burkett, M.E.: The Art of the Felt Maker. Kendal: 1979.

Cammann, Schuyler: Costumes in China 1644 to 1912. Philadelphia: 1979.

Chen-peng, Hsu: Indigo Prints of China. Peking: 1956.

Clarke, Thomas B.: The Thomas B. Clarke Collection of Beautiful Old Chinese Rugs. NY: 1915.

Coates, W.P. and Zelda: Soviets in Central Asia. NY: 1951.

Cultural Relics Unearthed During the Period of the Great Cultural Revolution Vol. 1. Peking: 1972.

D'Encausse, Helene Carrere: Islam and the Russian Empire, Reform and Revolution in Central Asia. Berkeley: 1988.

Denwood, Philip: The Tibetan Carpet. Warminister: 1974.

De Quincey ed. by A.S. Twombley: Revolt of the Tartars. NY: 1895.

Dudin, S.M.: Teppiche Mittelasiens Band 5 (Central Asian Rugs). Hamburg: 1984.

Dunsmore, Susi: Nepalese Textiles. London: 1993.

Dye, Daniel Sheets: Chinese Lattice Designs. NY: 1974.

Eastern Turkistan. Turkey: (1955?).

Eiland, Emmett and M. Shockley: Tent Bands of the Steppes. Berkeley: 1976.

Ernst, Henri ed.: Tapis Anciens de la China (Ancient Rugs of China).

 

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Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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