Borchelu Rugs: New Persian Borchelu Carpet


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Borchelu Rugs: New Persian Borchelu Carpet Hamadan Region

Persian Borchalu Carpet

7 foot 4 inches by 10 foot 6 inch.

This carpet is a Borchalu. When I hear Borchalu I think of a Borchalu Kazak. But there are there is a people called Borchalu some of who were in the Caucasus and some living near Hamadan. Borchalu rugs are a hard wearing good quality single wefted carpet that has much in common with a Feraghan Saourk.

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In P. R. J. Ford's book Oriental Carpet Design Ford mentioned that the Borchalu were Mongol. That peaked my curiosity. If they are Mongol than I should be able to identify them since Mongols are well documented. Here is what I found:

In about 1179 a young man who would grow up to be Cinggis Qahan (Ghengis Khan) was aided by the son of the Chieftain of the Arulat clan. The young man was Bo'orcu. He became one of Cinggis Qahan's Dorben Kulu'ud (Great Warriors). In the Yuan ch'ao pi-shih, quatrain 205, it is recorded that later in life Cinggis Qahan said "Let Bo'orcu govern the ten thousand of the right hand which take the Altai as pillow." In other words the Qahan gave a proto-tribal unit to a key general. I am certainly no linguist but I translate Borchalu as Bo'orcu Lu or the people of Bo'orcu. The Lu of Bo'orculu as coming from the same root as the Mongol term Ulus which means the land, animals, and people, that a that an IL or tribal group controls. These people became known as the Bo'orculu or people of Bo'orcu. Over the years Bo'orculu becomes Borchalu. So if Ford is correct and I believe he is that the Borchalu are Mongol than they must be descended from the Horde of Bo'orcu.

Borchalu Rug. Persia, 20th century. 7 foot 4 inches by 10 foot 6 inch.

Structure: Asymmetrical knot open left. 8 knots per horizontal inch and 8 knots per vertical inch. 64 per square inch (992 per square decimeter) Deeply depressed back.

Yarn Spin: Z.

Warp: Cotton, white.

Weft: Cotton 1 shot, white.

Pile: 2 Wool singles.

Ends: Warp fringe.

Selvages: overcast with blue wool.

Further Notes: New Condition.