Konya Area Map

Konya Area Map

Yellow Ground Konya Fragment 17th C. Nagel Lot 15

Yellow Ground Konya Fragment 17th C. Nagel Lot 15

A Konya prayer rug, circa 1875,

A Konya prayer rug, circa 1875,

 

Seljuk Ersari/Azari Turkmen rugs

Konya is the center of Turkey's greatest carpet regions. Examples of Seljuk rugs have been identified from Konya dating to the 13th and 14th centuries. The Seljuk were the Elite clan of the Ersari/Azari Turkmen confederation who fled to Turkey just ahead of the Mongol invasion in the 11th century.

Seljuk Ersari/Azari Turkmen rugs

http://www.mfa.gov.tr/grupc/cj/cja/Seljuk.htm

18th C. Konya Fragment Rippon-Boswell lot 115

18th C. Konya Fragment Rippon-Boswell lot 115

  • Ancient city in Asia Minor, the modern Konya, Turkey. In ancient times it was known as Phrygia, Lycaonia, Cappadocia, and the Roman province of Galatia. The apostle Paul visited the city where he converted part of the Greek and Jewish population and established one of the seven important churches. Iconium reached it's peak as a Christian city in the third century.
  • It was a weaving center since at least the Seljuk invasion in the eleventh century.
  • From 1063 to 1309 it was the capital of the Seljuk Turks.

For Further Reading:

Index to JBOC's Rug Notes


Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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