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Babar, Naseerullah.
  • Taliban was created out of the refugee community in Pakistan and shaped into a rebel force under Pakistan Minister of the Interior General Naseerullah Babar. Major General Naseerullah Babar (now retired) was a leader of the Jamiat-e-Ulema-i-Islami which was a political party that controlled the maddrasahs (religious schools) where the Talibs (students) we recruited to create Taliban. Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had to accept Taliban to get Jamiat-e-Ulema-i-Islami support for her coalition Government.

Babayan Kathryn,

Babur, Zahiruddin Muhammad

Bactria

Bactrian Camel

Badi’ Uzman Mirza

Bacha-i Saqao

  • Bacha-i Saqao was a Takik Freedom Fighter who forced King Amanullah to abdicate in 1929. Bacha-i Saqao ruled for several months and then was defeated by the Pashtun tribes under the leader ship of Nadir Shahin October 1929.

Bacharach, Jere L.

Baer, Eva.

Baer, J.

  • Baer, J. Collecting The Navajo Child's Blanket. 1986,

Baffioni, Carmela.

  • Baffioni, Carmela. "Review of Eine Stadtgeschichte Alexandrias von 564/1169 bis in die Mitte des 9./15. Jahrhunderts: Verwaltung und innerstädtische Organisationsformen, by Martina Müller-Wiener" in Annali: Istituto Universitario Orientale. Vol. 54: No. 3. 1994. 415.
  • Baffioni, Carmela. "Review of Formen spätmittelalterlicher islamischer Geschictsdarstellung: Untersuchungen zu an-Nuwairi al-Iskandaranis Kitab al-Ilmam und verwandten zeitgenössischen Texten, by Otfried Weintritt" in Annali: Istituto Universitario Orientale. Vol. 54: No. 3. 1994. 414-415.

Baginski, Alisa.

  • Baginski, Alisa. Textiles from Egypt, 4th-13th Centuries, C.E.. Jerusalem: L. A. Mayer Memorial Institute for Islamic Art, 1980. Exhibition catalogue

Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat

  • In 1537 Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat met with the Portuguese on board a ship to negotiate the restoration of the island of Diu back to Gujarat Sultanate. Instead of negotiating in good faith the Portuguese murdered the Sultan and threw his body overboard.
  • Charles Grant Ellis if I recall correctly speculated that this was the source of the design in the so-called Portuguese carpets

Bahaji, Said.

  • Said Bahaji is son of a Moroccan father and a German Mother. He was raised in Morocco and attended collage in Germany. Bahaji roomed with Mohammed Atta and suspected 20th hijacker Ramzi Binalshibh, in a Hamburg apartment in November of 1998. Ziad Jarrah and Marwan Al-Shehhi were frequent visitors to their apartment. Bahaji age 26 dropped from sight in Karachi in late November 2001.

Bahari, Ebadollah.

Bahgat, Aly.

  • Bahgat, Aly. La céramique musulmane de l'Égypte. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1930.
  • Bahgat, Aly. "Les fouilles de Foustât: Découverte d'un four de potier arabe datant du XIVe siècle" in Bulletin de l'Institut égyptien. Vol. (5th ser.) 8. 1914. 233-242.

Baharnaz, M. R.

  • Baharnaz, M. R. Eternal Drifters of Plains and Mountains. Tehran: 1991.

Bahktiarri

  • The Bahktiarri are a Persian Tribal confederation made up primarily of Lurs. There is no dominant Luri wide tribal confederation so it is incorrect to call the Bahktiarri a Luri sub-tribe. The Bahktiarri have a special place in history because they lived around the oil fields of Iran and the tribal leaders sold out to the British early on. At times Bahktiarri even hired on as mercenaries and fought under British orders.
  • Because of the infusion of British money the Tribal leaders lived in town and entertained foreign guests extravagantly giving the tribe a very high profile to the rest of the world.
  • The Luri/Bahktiarri are linguistically Persian unlike the other Shiraz area tribes who were mainly Turkic or Arabic.

Bahram Mirza

Bailey, G. A.

  • Bailey, G. A. "The Dynamics of Chinoiserie in Timurid and Early Safavid Ceramics." In Timurid Art and Culture.- Iran and Central Asia in the Fifteenth Century, ed. Lisa Golombek and Maria Subtelny. Supplements to Muqamas. Leiden, 1992. Pp. 179-90.

Bailey, Julia.

Baker, Patricia L.

Bakshaish Carpets

Baku

  • City in the Caucasus that passed from nominal Persian control to Czarist Russian Control in 1806.
  • The city is in the center of a massive oil field and was a site of early fire temples that contained natural seeping oil fires.
  • Baku rugs frequently have botehs which some relate to the flames of the fire temples.

Baku Carpet Museum

  • "National Carpet Museum
    123 Neftchilar Avenue (former Lenin Museum),
    Tel: (99-412) 93-05-01, 93-66-85
    Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Mondays
    Admission: 3,000-12,000 manats
    Students: 1,000 manats; extra charge for guide
    Roya Taghiyeva, Director of the Museum, and Khadija Asadova, Scientific Secretary, were both interviewed by Farida Sadikhova."
    http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/82_folder/82_articles/82_carpet_museum.html

Balland, Daniel

  • Balland, Daniel and Augustin de Benoist Nomades et semi-nomades Baluc d'Afghanistan, Revue Géographie de l'Est, vol. 22, pp. 117-144.1982

Ballard, James,

  • American collector, author, and publisher, now deceased.
  • Member Hajji Baba Club New York.
  • Ballard Mughal Saph
  • Ballard, James F. Inaugural Exhibition of a Collection of Oriental Rugs. St. Louis 1929
  • Ballard, James F. Illustrated Catalogue and Descriptions of Ghiordes Rugs. ; St. Louis: 1916.
  • Oriental Carpets from the Collection

Baloch, N. A.,

  • Baloch, N. A., Fathnamah-i Sind, (Islamabad: 1983).

Baluch

  • An ethno-linguistic group that is found in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan. The majority of pile weaving is from Iran and then Afghanistan. Many other groups are called Baluch when speaking of rugs including, Aymaqs, Pashtuns, and Brahui.
  • Baluch sub-group Sangchuli tribe of Afghanistan.

  • Guide to Baluch Rugs

Baluchi Camel

Baluch Type

  • A number of ethno-linguistic groups that are found in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan that weave rugs that are similar in color and construction to the Baluch rugs. The majority of pile weaving is from Iran and then Afghanistan. Baluch Type weavers include Aymaqs, Pashtuns, Mushwani, Farsiwan, Ghor, and the Brahui.
  • Guide to Baluch Rugs

Baluchistan

Balpinar, Belkis.

  • Balpinar, B. & Hirsch. U. Carpets of the Vakiflar Museum Istanbul / Teppiche Des Vakiflar-Museums Istanbul. 1988,
  • Balpinar, B. Kilim-Cicim-Zili-Sumak. 1983,
  • Balpinar, Belkis and U. Hirsch Flatweaves of the Vakiflar Museum. Istanbul Wesel 1982.
  • Balpinar, Belkis and Udo Hirsch, Carpets in the Vakiflar Museum Istanbul. Wesel: Verlag Uta Hulsey, West Germany, 1988.
  • Modern Kilims by Belkis Balpinar
  • The Goddess from Anatolia Mellaart, James, Hirsch, Udo and Balpinar, Belkis, review by Eiland, Murray, X/6/19-26
  • Carpets of the Vakaflar Museum Istanbul by Belkis Balpinar and Udo Hirsch, lX/2/48-49. Review by C. G. Ellis.
  • RugLore: From Rags to Riches
  • ACAR Belkis, Kilim ve düz dokuma yaygilar, Istanbul, 1975.
  • ACAR (BALPINAR) Belkis, Kilim cicim zili sumak, Türk düz dokuma yaygilar, Istanbul, 1982.
  • PETSOPOULOS Yanni et BALPINAR Belkis, Splendeurs du kilim, Paris 1992
  • DESIGN YOUR OWN NATURAL KILIM - E-Design Forum
  • Offset Knotting: Early Examples
  • Simple Web Page
  • The Istanbul Friends

Bamborough, Philip

  • 1979 Antique Oriental Rugs and Carpets. Blandford Press, Poole, England.

Bamiyan

Bandar bin Sultan

Prince Bandar bin Sultan, ambassador to the United States.

Son of Prince Sultan Bin Saud Defense Minister and a Sudeiri.

Father was a Sudeiri.

Bandsma, Arend.

  • Bandsma, A. & Brandt, R. Flatweaves Of Turkey. 1995.
  • Flatweaves of Turkey

Banguoglu, T.

  • Banguoglu, T. "Review of Vocabulaire arabe-kiptchak de l'époque de l'État Mamelouk: "Bulgat al-Mustaq fi Lugat at-Turk wa-l-Qifz²aq", by Ananiasz Zajaczkowski" in BSOAS. Vol. 22. 1959. 581-582.

Barber E.J.W.

Barfield, Thomas, J.

  • Born 1950.
  • Barfield, Thomas Jefferson. The Central Asian Arabs of Afghanistan. 1981,
  • Barfield Page at BU
  • Barfield, Thomas J. and Szabo, Albert. Afghanistan. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991

  • Barfield, Thomas J., Dr

    • Affiliation: Boston University, Anthropology
      Work Address: 232 Bay State Road \ Boston, MA 02215 \ USA
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      E-mail: barfield@bu.edu
      Academic Degree: Ph.D., Harvard, Anthropology, 1978
      Interests: Discipline(s): Anthropology, History, International Relations; Region(s): Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, Eastern Turkistan/Xinjiang, Eurasian Steppes, Mongolia; Specialty: nomadic peoples CESS - Membership Directory - A - G
  • Barfield, Thomas J.: The perilous frontier : nomadic empires and China. Cambridge, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell, 1989
  • Barfield, Thomas J. The Dictionary of Anthropology. Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1997.
  • Barfield, Thomas J., review of
    Peace, War, and Trade along the Great Wall: Nomadic-Chinese Interaction through Two Millennia by Sechin Jagchid and Van Jay Symons
    Asia, 18 (1991) 241--243
  • Barfield, Thomas, J. "Pages 19-47", in Empires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History, edited by Alcock, Susan, E. et al. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 19-47.
  • Barfield, Thomas J. The Nomadic Alternative. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1993.
  • Barfield, Thomas J. Nomadic Alternative. Prentice Hall PTR

Barkan, Omer Lutfi.

  • Barkan, Omer Lutfi. "L'Orpnisation du travail dans le chantier d'une grande Mosquee A Istanbul au XVIE siecle." Annales 17 (1962): 1093- 106. -. Suleymaniye Camu ve Imareti Insaati (1550-1557), 2 vols. Ankara, 1972-9.

Barkely, S.

  • Barkely, S. Adire: Indigo Cloth of Nigeria. 1980.

Barnard, Anne.

  • Anne Barnard, is covering the war in Afghanistan for the Boston Globe. Very talented reporter.
  • Normally covers health & science.
  • abarnard@globe.com

Barnes, Ruth.

  • Barnes, Ruth. "BOOKS". Hali 97, 1998. page 98. "The Newberry Collection in the Ashmolean Museum, by Ruth Barnes."

Barrett, Douglas.

  • Barrett, Douglas. Islamic Metalwork in the British Museum. London, 1949.

Barnett, Ronnee.

  • "Restoration From The Owner's Viewpoint", Chicago: Panelist ACOR II, 1996

Barnard, N.

  • Barnard, N. Arts and Crafts of India. 1993,
  • Barnard, N. Living With Decorative Textiles. 1989,

Barrucand Marianne.

  • Barrucand Marianne. L'architecture de la Qasba de Moulay Ismail d Meas. 2 Vols. Casablanca, 1976. Spain and Maghreb
  • Barrucand Marianne. Urbanisme princier en Islam: Meknes et les villes royales islamiques post-

Barthelemy, Anna.

  • Barthelemy, Anna. Tazra Tapis & Bijoux de Ouarzazate. Aix-en-Provence: 1990.

Bartold, Wilhelm.

  • Wilhelm Bartold (1869-1930) of St. Petersburg University. Paksoy, Basmachi
  • Like the majority of the founding scholars comprising the Imperial Academy of Sciences and the universities Bartold was of non-Russian origin. Bartold was of a German family settled in the Russia. Paksoy, Basmachi Note 5
  • 1900 doctoral dissertation entitled "Turkestan Down to the Mongol Invasions". Paksoy, Basmachi

Basayev, Shamil.

  • Famous Chechen commander from the first Russian war.
  • Prime minister for a short time in 1997.
  • Linked to Wahabis, Saudis, al-Qaeda.
  • Leader of joint Saudi/Chechen bandit raid into Daghestan in August 1999.

Basha’s Oriental Rugs,

al-Basha, Hasan.

  • al-Basha, Hasan. "Unpublished Medieval Iron Artifacts from Egypt at Cairo Museum of Islamic Art" in Majallat Kulliyat al-Athar, Jami`at al-Qahirah. Vol. 5. 1991. 1-23.
  • al-Basha, Hasan et al. al-Qahirah: Tarikhuha, Fununuha, Atharuha. [Cairo: s.n.], 1970.
  • al-Basha, Hasan. "Mamluk Artifacts at Cairo Museum Revealing Chinese Influences" in Dirasat Athariyah Islamiyah. Vol. 4. 1991. 75-101.
  • al-Basha, Hasan. "A Masterpiece of Islamic Art" in Minbar al-Islam. Vol. 2: No. 4. 1962/1382. 21-27.
  • al-Basha, Hasan. "Chinese Artifacts at Cairo Museum Bearing Islamic Elements" in Dirasat Athariyah Islamiyah. Vol. 4. 1991. 103-116.

Bashar, Haji

Bashian, Kathleen Ryniker Ph.D.

Basilov, V. N.

Basset, Henri.

  • Basset, Henri, and E. Ltvi-Provencal. Chella: une nicropole miainide. Paris, 1923. Spain and Maghreb

Batanouni, Hoda.

  • Batanouni, Hoda. "Catalogue of Mamluk Doors with Metal Revetments" Master's thesis, American University in Cairo, 1975.

Batari, Ferenc.

  • Highly regarded Museum collector from Budapest
  • Batari, Ferenec: Alte Anatolische Teppiche. Budapest: 1974.
  • Batari, Ferenc. Five Hundred Years in the Art of Ottoman Turkish Carpet Making. Budapest 1986. 6.5 x 9. Exhibit catalog Batari, Ferenc. Ancient Oriental Rugs from Private Collections in Budapest. Budapest: 1986.
  • Batari, Ferenc. Ottoman Turkish Carpets. 1994,
  • Batari, Ferenc. Persian Rugs. Museum Of Applied Arts. 1978
  • Batari, Ferenc. Five Hundred Years In The Art Of The Ottoman - Turkish Carpet Making. Museum Of Applied Arts. 1986
  • Batari, Ferenc. Alte Anatolische Teppiche. 1974 Aus dem museum für Kunstgewerbe in Budapest, Austelling im Steiermärkischen Landes museum, Johanneum Abteilung für Kunstigewerbe, Graz, August - Oktober 1974
  • Batari, Ferenc. Turkoman Rugs. Budapest Museum Of Applied Arts. 1979
  • Batari, Ferenc. Old Turkish Rugs In Kecskemet. Budapest Museum Of Appiled Art 1981.
  • "The Double Niche "Transylvanian" Prayer Rug". Hamburg/Berlin ICOC7 1993.
  • Content

Bates, Michael,

  • Bates, Michael, "Byzantine Coinage and its Imitations, Arab Coinages and its Imitations

Bates, Ülkü Ü.

  • Ülkü Bates, Ph.D.
    Professor of Art History
    Hunter College
    New York City
  • ÜLKÜ BATES, Professor; PhD, University of Michigan; Islamic Art, Chinese and Japanese Art
    Graduate advisor; Office: 11021 HN, Phone: (212) 650 3752 facultygoodDocument
  • Bates, Ülkü Ü. "Review of Palais et maisons du Caire, I: Époque mamelouke (XIIIe-XVIe siècles), by Jean-Claude Garcin, et al." in IJMES. Vol. 18. 1986. 83-84.
  • Bates, Ülkü Ü. "Review of Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, vol. 2, edited by Oleg Grabar" in IJMES. Vol. 19. 1987. 127-129.
  • Bates, Ülkü. 1991. Façades in Ottoman Cairo. The Ottoman City and Its Parts. Ed. Irene Bierman et al.,
  • Ülkü Bates “Ottoman Architecture,” in Turkish art edited by Esin Atil. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1980.
  • Turkish Carpets
  • Culture - Calligraphy Tucson

Batki, John.

  • Batki, John and P. Gould: Traditional Anatolian Kilims Bronxville, 1986,

Battilossi, Maurizio.

  • Battilossi Arte Tessili Dell'Azerbadjian Dal 1550-1850 Torino 1996. Italian text.
  • Battilossi, Maurizio. Tappeti d' Antiquariato. Torino: 1985.
  • Battilossi, Maurizio. Tappeti d' Antiquariato. Torino: 1985. Arseven, Celal Esad: Les Arts Decoratifs Turcs. Istanbul
  • Battilossi, M. Tappeti d' Antiquariato. 1985,
  • Battilossi, M. Tappeti d' Antiquariato. 1987,
  • Battilossi. Tappeti d' Antiquariato. 3. l988,
  • Battilossi. Tappeti d' Antiquariato, 4. 1989,
  • Battilossi. Tappeti d' Antiquariato, 5. 1990,
  • Battilossi: Arte Tessile dell Azerbadjian dal 1550-1850. Torino: 1996.

Battilossi, Romolo.

Batur, Sabahattin.

  • Cig, Kemal, Sabahattin Batur, and Cengiz Koseoglu. The Topkapi Saray Museum, Architeaure: The Harem and Other Buildings, trans. and ed. J. M. Rogers. Boston, 1988.

Bauman, John.

  • Bauman, John. Central Asian Carpets Study Guide. Islamabad: 1984.
Bausback, C.
  • Bausback, C. Alte Teppiche Aus Tibet. 1989,

Bausback, Franz:

Bausback, Peter.

Bavarian National Museum/Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

  • Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
    • Prinzregentenstraße 3, D-80538 München (Munich)
      Tel: 0049 - 89 - 211 24-01 (General Information)
      Tel: 0049 - 89 - 211 24-216 (Information concerning Guided Tours and events)
      fax: 0049 - 89 - 211 24-201
      bay.nationalmuseum@extern.lrz-muenchen.de
  • Hours
    • Tues to Sun 10 to 5
      Please check with the museum for the hours on public holidays.
  • Admission
    • Adults - 3 Marks
      Reduced rate - 2 Marks
      Groups (10 or more) - 2 Marks
      Annual ticket - 16, Marks
      Museum Pass - 16, Marks
      (Valid in 23 state museums in Munich for 14 days)
      Free admission for members, children, and young persons under 15.
      Free admission on Sundays
      The entrance prices do not apply for special exhibitions..

Bay

  • The title Bay (often "prince") is appended to the name of a tribal elder or a member of the ruling elite; it may simply signify "man of wealth." It may precede or follow the proper name. Paksoy, Alpamysh. Chapter 3 note 5.

Bay, G.

  • Bay, G. "Discussion: À la suite de la communication d'Aly bey Bahgat" in Bulletin de l'Institut égyptien. Vol. (5th ser.) 8. 1914. 243-245.

Bayani, M.

  • Bayani, M. Ahvdl-o dthdr-i khushnivisan, 2nd ed. in 4 vols. Tehran, 1363/ 1985.

Sultan Bayazid II

  • Ottoman Sultan Bayazid II reigned 1481 - 1512. Soudavar, APC. Page 85
  • Sultan Bayazid II's offered refuge to the Sephardic Jews. In 1492,Sultan Bayazid II ordered his provincial governors of the Ottoman Empire to welcome the Jews openly. http://www.hagalil.com/galluth/il-turk.htm
  • Sultan Bayazid II was forced from the throne by his son Selim I (Selim the grim). This was in part due to the reluctance of Bayazid to deal with the Safavid threat on their eastern border.

Beach, Milo Cleveland.

Beattie, May H.

Beck, Lois.

Becker, Jerry

  • "Navajo/Pueblo Textiles" Denver: ACOR4 Focus Session, 1998.

Bechtel Corporation

  • Bechtel Corporation is one of the world’s great construction companies. It has done many power plant, energy, and oil related projects. The work it has done in many Arab countries has caused it to be seen as Pro-Arab and this has garnered some ill will.
  • Pro-Israeli authors have alleged that Bechtel has worked so closely with the CIA that it was hard to tell where one ended and the other began. Further that Bechtel was working against Israel. Loftus & Aarons. Secret War page 244. It must be noted that the allegations were presented without corroboration or sign of factual basis. JBOC
  • George Schultz and Casper "Cap" Weinberger were Bechtel executives. Loftus & Aarons. Secret War page 254.

Bedaghi, Zabihollah

  • Bedaghi, Zabihollah. Niazjan and Turkman Rugs. Tehran: 1990.

Bedoukian, Harold.

Beginners Guide

Beghal, Djamel.

  • Djamel Beghal is an Algerian who has lived in France. He was arrested in the United Arab Emirates traveling to Paris on a fake French Passport. Under strenuos questioning he admited to working for Abu Zubaydah. and al-Qaeda in planning the bombing of the US Embassy in Paris. His information was used in the world wide round up of al-Qaeda terrorists in late November 2001.
  • Djamel Beghal was trained at two seperate al-Qaeda terrorist training camps in Afghanistan along with former Tunisian soccer player, Nizar Trabelsi.

Begley, Wayne E.

  • Begley, Wayne. "Illustrated Histories of Shah Jahan: New Identifications of Some Dispersed Paintings and Problems of the Windsor Castle Padshahnama." In Facets of Indian Art, ed. Robert Skelton et al. London, 1986. PP. 139-52.
  • Begley, W. E. (1979). "Amanat Khan and the Calligraphy of the Taj Mahal". Kunst de Orients.
  • Begley, W. E. (1989). Taj Mahal: The Illuminated Tomb. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

Behrens-Abouseif, Doris.

  • Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. "Review of De Egyptische Arts Ibn al-Akfani (gest. 749/1348) en zign Indeling van de Wetenschappen, by Januarus Justus Witkam" in Der Islam. Vol. 69. 1992. 188-189.
  • Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. "Mashrabiyya, I. In Egypt" in The Encyclopaedia of Islam. 2d edition. Vol. 6. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1990. 717-719.
  • Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. "The Baptistère de Saint Louis: A Reinterpretation" in Islamic Art. Vol. 3. 1988-1989. 3-13.
  • Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. "A Late Mamluk (?) Basin with Zodiac Imagery" in AI. Vol. 29. 1995. 111-131.
  • Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. Mamluk and Post-Mamluk Metal Lamps. Supplément aux Annales islamologiques; 15. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1995. R
  • Behrens-Abouseif, Doris, "Mukarnas," in Encyclopaedia of Islam, pp. 501-6.

Belcher, Chris.

Bell, Gertrude.

  • British spymaster in Asia.
  • With the British Military Intelligence Department and likely recruiter of Jack Philby as a spy. Loftus & Aarons. Secret War page 28
  • Bell was a contemporary of British sodomite and agent provocateur Thomas Edward "T. E." Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)

Bell, Robert.

Bellini, Giovanni

  • "(1430?-1516). The founder of the Venetian school of painting, Giovanni Bellini raised Venice to a center of Renaissance art that rivaled Florence and Rome. He brought to painting a new degree of realism, a new wealth of subject matter, and a new sensuousness in form and color." WebMuseum: Bellini, Giovanni

Benardout, D

  • Benardout, D. Care and Repair of Rugs and Carpets. 1995.

Benardout, Raymond.

Bencard, Mogens

  • Bencard, Mogens Persian Textiles at Gottorp, in Bier, The Persian Velvets at Rosenborg, Copenhagen, pp.64-75. 1995

Benjamin, Daniel.

  • Daniel Benjamin was a terrorism expert in the Clinton White House.

Benlian

Bennett, Ian.

Bennett, James.

  • Bennett, James ed. Patterns of Persia, Iranian Nomadic, Village, and City Rugs from Vancouver. Vancouver: Canadian Society

Berchem, Max Van.

  • Berchem, Max Van. "Une inscription du sultan Mongol Uldiaitu." In Milanges Hartwig Derenbourg. Paris, 1909. PP. 367-79.
  • van Berchem, Max. "Notes d'archéologie arabe, III: Étude sur les cuivres damasquinés et les verres émaillés" in Journal asiatique. Vol. (10th ser.) 3. 1904. 5-96. Reprinted in his Opera Minora.

Bergama

  • Bergama which is a district of Izmir, is situated on the north side of the plateau which the Bakýrçay flows, on the ridge of a peak which is 300 meters height. It is 25-35 kilometers further than the Agean sea and The Çandarlý Bay. It’s today’s name com es from its ancient name ‘’Pergamon’’. It was an important center due to its wonderful monuments of the First Age, its strategic position of the Medival Age besides it was a center of a big Kingdom, Karesioðullarý and lastly Ottoman Empire. BERGAMA
  • A city in Northwest Turkey that has a long history of weaving dating back to at least the fifteenth century.
  • Bergama Rug, s689n64
  • Bergama Rug, s1287n26
  • Republic of Turkey , Ministry of Culture
  • Turkish Odyssey/Places of Interest/Aegean/Bergama-Akhisar
  • Lot 9 A BERGAMA RUG WEST ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
  • Lot 44 A BERGAMA RUG WEST ANATOLIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

Berkey, Jonathan P.

Berlin

Bernus-Taylor, Martha.

  • Bernus-Taylor, Martha. "The Islamic Glazed Pottery" in The River Qoueiq, Northern Syria, and Its Catchment: Studies Arising from the Tell Rifa'at Survey, 1977-79. Matther, John (edited by). Vol. 2. BAR International Series; 98. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 1981. 473-498.

Beresneva, L.

  • Beresneva, L. The Decorative and Applied Art of Turkmenia. Leningrad: 1976.

Bernheimer.

  • Bernheimer Fine Arts. Polish and Polonaise. n.d.(1987),
  • Bernheimer, Otto Oriental Carpets and Textiles London 1987. Dealer exhibition and sales catalog.
  • Bernheimer. Oriental Carpets and Textiles. 1987,
  • Bernheimer: Alte Und Antike Knupterbeiten der Turkmenen ; Munich: 1977.

Beshir

  • Of all the Turkmen tribes the Beshir of the Ersari lived about the closest to Bukhara. They wove designs that seem closer to a city design than most Turkmen rugs.
  • One problem is that some experts started labeling everything they were unsure of as Beshir.
  • There are also Beshir in Afghanistan who weave a more traditional Turkmen design.
  • Ersari Beshir Carpet
  • Beshir Prayer Rug
  • Beshir Prayer Rug 2
  • Ersari Beshir Carpet

    • Besim, Ferdie

    • Prominient German rug dealer.

    Bessarabia

    • Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire in Eastern Europe that is now part of Romania. Few pile rugs but a steady production of flatweaves.

    Berzin, Yan Karlovich.

    • General Yan Karlovich Berzin was the chief in the Fourth Bureau of the GRU. "a colorful commander who had been in the forefront of the Bolshevik revolution of October 1917. Espionage - Sorge, Richard
    • Berzin was the Soviet Far eastern spy expert up until the time he was shot in the Stalin purges.
    • Owen Lattimore worked for Berzin.

    Beveridge, June

    • Beveridge, June ed. Authentic Algerian Carpet Designs and Motifs ; NY: 1978.

    Bibibaff

    • Literally it is Grandmother's weave. In Bahktiari rugs it refers to the finest work. The implication is that it is the best work of the most experienced weaver for family use.

    Bidder, Hans.

    • Bidder, H. Carpets from Eastern Turkestan. 1979 reprint of 1964 ed.,
    • Bidder, Hans and Irmgard Filzteppiche (Felt Rugs) Braunschweig 1980. German text.
    • Bidder, Hans and Irmgard: Filzteppiche (Felt Rugs) ; Braunschweig: 1980.
    • Bidder, Hans: Carpets from East Turkestan, Known as Khotan, Samarkand and Kansu Carpets ; London: 1964.

    Bidgeneh

    • Bidgeneh is a village southwest of Zenjan in Iran. The rugs are very much like Qoltuqs and are often called Qoltuq or Bijar. They have a heavy double wefted construction and are very nice rugs.

    Bidjar

    Biebronska-Slotowa, Beata.

    • Biebronska-Slotowa, Beata. "Early 15th Century Byzantine and Mamluk Textiles from Wawel Cathedral" in CIETA Bulletin. Vol. 72. 1994. 13-19.

    Bieber, M

    • Bieber, M and R. Plotz: Anatolische Dorfteppiche und Flachgewebe ; Wurzberg: 1980.
    • Bieber, M. et al. Anatolische Dorfteppiche. 1988,

    Bieber, Manfred.

    • "The Technology of the use of Natural Dyestuffs in Anatolia. Hamburg/Berlin ICOC7 1993.

    Bieler, H.

    • Bieler, H. & Tanavoli, P. Tasheh . Das Webstucke Mit Dem Siegel der Heiligkeit? / Flat weaves with a seal of sanctity? 1994

    Bienkowski, P.

    • Bienkowski, P. (ED.) The Art of Jordan Treasures from an ancient land. Foreword by Her Majesty Queen Noor al Hussein of Jordan. 1996.

    Bier, Carol,

    Bierman, Irene.

    • Bierman, Irene A.
    • Associate Professor of Art History UCLA
    • Near East Language/Civilization University of Chicago Ph.D. 1980
    • "Kufesque: Significance and Use of Arabic Script In Islamic Rugs". Washington DC: ICOC 1980.
    • Bacharach, Jere L. and Bierman, Irene A. (editors). The Warp and Weft of Islam: Oriental Carpets and Weavings from Pacific Collections. 1978

    Biggs, Robert D.

    • Biggs, Robert D. (ed.) Discoveries from Kurdish Looms. Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston. 1983.

    Bihzad

    • Norah M. Titley noted that Kamal al-Din Bihzad was raised in Herat by Mirak and that he moved to Tabriz in 1510 after the death of Shaybani Khan and the move of the Uzbek capitol to Bukhara. Persian Miniature Painting and its Influence on the Art of Turkey and India page 73.
    • In the 171st quatrain of the Baburnama it is observed by Babur that it was though the good offices of Ali-Sher Beg that Babur and Shah Muzaffar became so famous for their painting. Babur, Zahiruddin Muhammad. Baburnama
    • In the 181st quatrain of the Baburnama it is observed by Babur that Bihzad painted "extremely delicately" but did not paint beardless faces well  but that he did well with bearded faces.
    • In the 181st quatrain of the Baburnama it is observed by Babur that Wormwood Khan after taking Herat behaved so badly that he took a pen and corrected the painting of Bihzad. About May - June 1507.

    Bischof, Michael.

    • Michael Bischof is a German carpet expert
    • Bischof, Michael. "LETTERS". Hali 97, 1998. page 61. "The revival of natural purple, Michael Bischof puts the record straight."
    • koek@dv-kombinat.de

    Bin Laden, Osama.

    Binyon, Laurence,

    • Binyon, Laurence. The Poems of Nizami. London, 1928.
    • Binyon, Laurence, Wilkinson, J. V. S., and Gray, Basil, Persian Miniature Painting (including a critical and descriptive catalogue of the miniatures exhibited at Burlington House, January-March, 1931), (New York: 1933).

    Biruni, Kitab al-Hind,

    • Biruni, Kitab al-Hind, Edward C. Sachau (trans.), 2 vols. (London: 1910),

    Bivar, A. D. H.

    • Bivar, A. D. H. "Review of Islamic Arms and Armour, edited by Robert Elgood" in BSOAS. Vol. 44. 1981. 374-375.

    Black Church

    • An important Church in the Reformation of Transylvania. The church was originally Roman Catholic but became truely Catholic (Lutheran) under the great reformer Johannes Honterus during the Reformation.
    • "The inhabitants of Brasov or "Kronstad" at that time, in almost 100 years from 1383 until 1477, built the Black Church, the largest gothic construction in Romania and one of the largest in the South-Eastern Europe. Dedicated to Virgin Marry the church was of catholic faith for more than a century and a half and later with the reformation sweeping across the Europe it became a Lutheran one. The church acquired its name after the great fire of 1689 when it was badly damaged; the roof was destroyed and the walls blackened from the smoke. The reconstruction after the great fire took another 100 years, most of the objects inside the church dating from the reconstruction time except the baptismal font which was cast in bronze by a local craftsman in 1450. The walls of the church are covered by ottoman prayer rugs dating from 16th-18th centuries. The local merchants gave those rugs as gifts to the church, as gratitude towards God. The impressive church organ manufactured in Germany in 1829 has 4000 pipes and is considered the second biggest in the country. Outside the church is the statue of Johannes Honterus the priest who introduced in 16th century the reformation among the Saxons in Transilvania." http://www.atlantic.ro/atlantic/Atlantic_site/what_to_see/brasov.htm
    • The Black Church

    Black, David.

    • London Rug dealer
    • Black, David: The Wandering Baluch. London UK: 1976.
    • Black, D. & Loveless, C. The Undiscovered Kilim. 1977
    • Black, D. and C. Loveless Woven Gardens, Nomad and Village Rugs of the Fars Province of Southern Persia London UK: 1979.
    • Editor - Black, David et al. The Atlas of Rugs & Carpets.
    • Black, D., ed. The Atlas of Rugs & Carpets. 1985 (1996 printing),
    • Black, David and C. Loveless: Embroidered Flowers from Thrace to Tartary. London UK: 1981.
    • Black, David: Islemeler, Ottoman Domestic Embroideries. London UK: 1978.
    • Cohen, S., Black, D., Loveless, C. The Unappreciated Dhurrie, David Black Oriental Rugs, London, 1982
    • David Black Oriental Carpets

    Black Light

    Black Tents

    • There is a dichotomy in nomads in Southwest Asia. Some use a yurt while others use a tent made from woven goat hair. Goat hair tents are often called Black Tents. Goat hair tent walls breath and allow air to circulate when they are dry but swell and provide protection from rain when they are wet. Black tents are more suited to moderate climates and yurts to more severe climates but in place in Afghanistan you may see both used with in a few miles of each other.

    Blackmon, Jim.

    • Jim Blackmon is a dealer of antique textiles based in San Francisco.
    • "Kirghiz" Santa Monica: ACOR 3, 1996.
    • "What's a Weaving Masterpiece?" Denver: ACOR4 Focus Session, 1998.

    Blackwell, Basil,

    • Blackwell, Basil, Ikats - Woven Silks from Central Asia, Basil Blackwell Ltd., Oxford, 1989

    Blair, Sheila.

    Blau, Doris Leslie.

    Blau, Vojtech.

    Blochet, Edgar,

    • Blochet, Edgar, Catalogue des Manuscrits Persans dans la Bibliothèque Nationale, t. 3, (Paris: 1928).
    • Blochet, Edgar, “Les Écoles de Peinture en Perse,” in Revue Archéologique, t. 6 (Dec. 1995), pp. 121-48.
    • Blochet, Edgar, Musulman Painting: XIIth-XVIIth Century, (London: 1929).
    • Blochet, Edgar, Peintures des Manuscrits Arabes, Persans, et Turcs de la Bibliothèque Nationale, (Paris: no date).

    Blomberg Nancy

    • "Navajo Textiles" Denver: ACOR4 Focus Session, 1998.

    Bloom, Jonathan M.

    Bloom, Myrna,

    • Myrna is the top Oriental Rug Book seller in the US and perhaps the world. Her index is incredibly detailed and complete. Myrna lives in Dresher Pa. where she paints, and sells books. Myrna was a early member of the New York Rug Society and she frequently lectures to rug clubs around the country.
    • myrnabloom.htm
    • Trusted Resource List - Book Dealers.

    Bloomberg, N. J.

    • Bloomberg, N.J. Navajo Textiles. 1988,
    Blum, Dilys.
    • Blum, Dilys. The Fine Art of Textiles, The Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: 1997

    Bode, W.

    • Bode, W. von & Kuhnel, E. Antique Rugs From the Near East. Trans. C. G.Ellis; 1984, rev. ed of 4th ed:

    Boely, Gerard.

    • Boely, Gerard. "FORUM". Hali 98, 1998. page 69. "A Middle Atlas carpet provides valuable insights into what determines a weaver's choice of knot type."

    Bogolyubov, General Andrei Andreevich.

    • 1908. General Bogolyubov was the czarist Governor of the Transcaspian Province from 1880 to 1901. Bogolyubov built a collection of 139 Turkoman pieces. In 1908 he published an important study of the carpets of Central Asia. It was later translated and annotated by Dr, Jon Thompson M.D.
    • Bogolyubov, A. Tapisseries De L'Asie Centrale / Kovroviya Izdatzia Srednei Azii. 1908, St. Petersburg.
    • Bogolyubov, A. A. and Jon Thompson, ed. Carpets of Central Asia Fishguard 1973. Reprint of 1908 edition.
    • Bogolyubov, A. A. Carpets of Central Asia. 1973, Crosby Press,

    Bohmer, Harald.

    • Harald Bohmer of Marmara University, Turkey is internationally known for his work on Turkish rug dyes. Bohmer was instrumental in creating the DOBAG project which has had the effect of revitalizing the Turkish carper weaving trade.
    • Bohmer, Harald. and Karadag Recep "Dye Analysis of Ottoman Brocades and Velvets From the Topkapi Museum, and Other Silk Textiles". Hamburg/Berlin ICOC7 1993.
    • "Vegetable and Synthetic Dyes" Denver: ACOR4 Focus Session, 1998.
    • "Turkish Natural Dye Revival" Denver: ACOR4 Focus Session, 1998.
    • Gulgonen, Bohmer et al Konya Cappadocia Carpets from the 17th to 19th centuries in the Tiem and Gulgonen Collections 19?
    • Kilim Review by Harald Bohmer
    • MAIWA HANDPRINTS: Lectures and Events
    • GALLERY DOBAG - Fremantle, Western Australia

    Bois, Thomas

    • 1966 The Kurds. Khayats, Beirut.

    Bokhara

    Boldaji

    • Boldaji is a town in the southern part of the Chahar Mahal region. They are good, well made and sturdy medium grade Bakhtiari.

    Bolesht

    • Similar to a Pushti. Usually a pile faced, sack like, bag. Opens on the long end. Used as a cushion.
    • Could be used as a grain or fodder sack but that use is debatable.

    Bond, Anne.

    • Southwestern Hispanic Textiles" Denver: ACOR4 Focus Session, 1998.

    Boralevi, Alberto.

    Borchalu

    • 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 Carpet
    • Borchalu Carpet (New)

    Borchetta, Sandy.

    Borkopp, Birgitt.

    • Borkopp, Birgitt. "IN MEMORIAM". Hali 98, 1998. page 61. "Birgitt Borkopp remembers Leonie von Wilekens' passionate contribution to early textile studies." Bornet, G.
    • Bornet, G. Gabbeh, The Georges D. Bornet Collection. PART 3. 1995,

    Borte

    Bosley, C.

    • Bosley, C. Rugs to Riches, An Insiders Guide To Oriental Rugs. 1980,

    Bosch, Gulnar,

    • Bosch, Gulnar, John Carswell, and Guy Petherbridge. Islamic Bindings and Bookmaking. Exhibition catalogue. Chicago, 1981.

    Bosch, Marion.

    • "Mamluk Carpets - Typology and Dating". Hamburg/Berlin ICOC7 1993.

    Bostjancich, John.

    • Ethnographic Rugs", Chicago: ACOR II, 1996

    Bosworth, Clifford Edmund.

    Bothmer, B. V.

    • Bothmer, B. V., de Meulenaere, H., Muller, H.W. Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period. 100 BC TO AD 100. 1960,

    Boucher, F.

    • Boucher, F. 2000 Years of Fashion. n.d. (1966), Abrams,

    Boucher, Jeff W. Col. US Army Retired

    • Engineer, author and rug collector. Deceased.
    • U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
    • Consultant to the World Bank.
    • President of The International Hajji Baba at the club's greatest point.
    • Boucher Jeff W. Baluch Woven Treasures.

    Boucher, Shirley.

    • Widow of the late Col. Jeff Boucher. Mrs. Boucher donated the rugs from her late husband's book to the Indianapolis Museum of Fine Art. Mrs. Boucher is a delightful lady who stays active in the International Hajji Baba.
    • Shirley Boucher

    Boullata, Issa J.

    • Boullata, Issa J. "Review of Kalila wa Dimna: Fables from a Fourteenth-Century Arabic Manuscript, by Esin Atil" in The Muslim World. Vol. 73. 1983. 280.

    Bournoutian George A.

    • Bournoutian George A. The Khanate of Erevan Under Qajar Rule 1795 - 1828. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers in Association with Bibliotheca Persica, 1992.
    • Bournoutian, George. A History of the Armenian People, Volume I: Prehistory to 1500 A.D. (Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Press, 1993), 119 pages.
    • Bournoutian, George. A History of the Armenian People, Volume II: 1500 A.D to the Present (Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Press, 1994), 237 pages.
    • Recent Azeri Historiography on Karabakh (Karabagh)
    • Bournoutian, George A. (trans., ed.). A History of Qarabagh: An Annotated Translation of Mirza Jamal Javanshir Qarabaghi’s Tarikh-e Qarabagh. Costa Mesa: Mazda Publishers, 1994.

    Bourouiba, Rachid.

    • Bourouiba, Rachid. L Art religieux musulmane en,41geWe. Algiers, 1973

    Bowen, Dorothy Boyd

    • Bowen, Dorothy Boyd and various authors, Spanish Textile Tradition of New Mexico and Colorado, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, 1979

    Bowen, James.

    Boxdorfer, Loretta.

    • Boxdorfer, Loretta. "A Review of Eastern Armenia in the Last Decades of Persian Rule 1807-1923." Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 3, No. 5 (August 1983), pp. 10-11.
    • Boxdorfer, Loretta. "Dragon Islands." Oriental Rug Review, Vol. 4, No. 6 (September 1984),pp. 23

    Boyle, J.A.

    • Boyle, J.A. & Marsden,D.J. The Qashqa'i of Iran. 1976,

    Bozdogan, Sibel.

    • Bozdogan, Sibel. "Modernity in the Margins: Architecture and Ideology in Early Republican Turkey." Proceedings of the XVIII International Congress of the History of art. Berlin, 1993.

    Bralevis Islam

    • Sunni Moslems in Pakistan who abstain from Jehadi or anti-Shia militant activities.

    Brahui, Abdol Kariam,

    • Also Barahui, Abdolkarim.
    • Abdol Kariam Brahui is the Baluch military leader in the province of Nimruz. Brahui was a Leutenant in the Afghan Army before the Russian war. During the war he was head of the Nimruz Front a primarily Baluch Mujaheddin militia.
    • Brahui led about 600 - 700 tribesmen against the Taliban outpost near Zaranj on Novenber 11th. The Taliban collapsed with little fighting and many of the Taliban deserted to Brahui's militia. He too Zaranj on the 12th.

    Brand, Martin,

    • Brand, Martin, Advertisement Manager, Hali The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art.

    Brauer, Ralph W.,

    • Brauer, Ralph W., Boundaries and Frontiers in Medieval Muslim Geography, (Philadelphia: 1995).
    • Brauer, Ralph W., Indian Architecture (The Islamic Period), vol. 2, (Bombay: 1942).

    Bremer, L. Paul.

    Brinkley, Sam.

    Brown, Daniel.

    • Brown, Daniel. "Review of The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places, by F. E. Peters" in Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Vol. 64: No. 2. 1996. 421-423.

    Brown, Percy,

    • Brown, Percy, Indian Architecture (The Islamic Period), vol. 2, (Bombay: 1942).

    Browne, Edward G.,

    • Browne, Edward G., A Year Amongst the Persians, (Cambridge: 1927).

    Brend, Barbara.

    • Brend, B. Islamic Art. 1991,
    • Brend, Barbara. "Review of The Mediation of Ornament, by Oleg Grabar" in BSOAS. Vol. 58. 1995. 361-363.
    • Brend, Barbara. "Review of Content and Context of Visual Arts in the Islamic World: Papers from a Colloquium in Memory of Richard Ettinghausen, edited by Priscilla P. Soucek" in BSOAS. Vol. 53. 1990. 342-343.
    • Brend, Barbara. "Review of Mamluk Painting, by Duncan Haldane" in BSOAS. Vol. 43. 1980. 374-375.
    • Brend, Barbara, The Emperor Akhbar’s Khamsa of Nizami, (London: 1995).

    Briggs, Amy.

    • Briggs, Amy. "Timurid Carpets.",Ars Islamica

    Brinstain, V.

    • Brinstain, V., Day, S., Floret, Galea-Blanc, C, Gell, M, Zial, A. Great Carpets of the World. 1996,

    Britton, Angharad,

    • Production and Administration Manager, Hali The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art.
    • Formerly Advertisement Coordinator, Hali The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art.

    Brocklebank, R. H.,

    • Brocklebank, R. H., "Anatolian Faience from Kutiyeh," in Burlington Magazine, 60 (1932), 246-52.

    Brooklyn Museum

    Brown, Luane

    • Brown, Luane and Sidna Rachid, Egyptian Carpets, The American University in Cairo, 1985

    Bruggemann, W.

    • Bruggemann, W. and H. Bohmer, Rugs of the Peasants and Nomads of Anatolia, Verlag Kunst & Antiquitdten,
    • Bruggemann, W. Yayla. Form und Farbe in Turkischer Textilkunst. 1993,
    • Bruggemann/Bohmer Teppiche Der Bauern. Anatolien. hb 1980 German Text

    Brugman, J.

    • Brugman, J. "Review of Al-Azhar: A Millennium of Muslim Learning, by Bayard Dodge" in Bibliotheca Orientalis. Vol. 20. 1963. 197.

    Bruinessen, Maarten

    • 1978 Aqha Shaikh and State: On the Social and Political Organization of Kurdistan. Utrecht.

    Bruinessen, Maarten

    • 1978 Aqha Shaikh and State: On the Social and Political Organization of Kurdistan. Utrecht.

    Brzezinski, Zbigniew.

    Buchthal, Hugo.

    • Buchthal, Hugo. "Three Illustrated Harîrî Manuscripts in the British Museum" in The Burlington Magazine. Vol. 77. 1940. 144-152.

    Buhler, A.

    • Buhler, A., Fischer, E., & Nabholz, M.-L. Indian Tie-Dyed Fabrics. 1980,
    • Bühler, G., The Jagaducharita of Sarvanada, Vienna: 1892

    Bunt, Cyril G. E.

    • Bunt, Cyril G.E. Hispano Moresque Fabrics ; Leigh-on-Sea: 1966.

    Burckhardt, Titus.

    • Burckhardt, Titus. Art of Islam, Language and Meaning Trans. by J. Peter Hobson. Westerham, 1976.

    Burke, Joseph

    Burkett, M.E.

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

    Burnaby Fred

    • One of the many British spy/travelogue writer.
    • Burnaby Fred. A Ride To Khiva. New York: Arno Press and The New York Times. 1977.

    Burnham, Dorothy K.

    • Burnham, Dorothy K., Unlike the Lillies: Doukhobor Textile Traditions in Canada. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 1986.

    Burnham, Martin and Grace

    • American missionaries of New Tribes Missions. They were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf Group at a resort in the Philippines where the Burnhams where taking a short break from their missionary activities. The Burnhams are from Wichita, Kansas.

    Burns, James D.

    • Jim Burns is known as one of America's most important collectors and a heck of a nice guy.
    • Noted American collector best known for Caucasian rugs both in his collection and in his book.
    • Burns, James. The Caucasus, Traditions in Weaving, Seattle: 1987.
    • The Joseph V. McMullan Award
    • "Caucasian Soumaks, Etc.", Chicago: ACOR II, 1996
    • "Memorable Rugs" Santa Monica: ACOR 3, 1996.

    Butterfield & Butterfield

    Burqa

    • A head to toe covering for women with a about a 5 inch square mesh covered opening to see through. Burqas are not native to Afghanistan but were introduced from India and were seen as a sign of wealth and culture by the Pashtuns. Under Taliban Burqas were required for all women. Exposing too much skin could result in public beatings or death.

    Bush, George Herbert Walker.

    • George Herbert Walker Bush former President of the United States. The elder President Bush contacted President Mikhail S. Gorbachev immediately after the coup in Moscow in August 1991 to say that the United States was completely with Russia in its moment of crisis. Bush felt the enemy we know is better than the enemy that we do not know. This was a shock to many of us old Reagan hands who were firmly anti-Communist.

    Butterweck, G.

    • Butterweck, G. & Orasch, L. Handbook of Anatolian Carpets. Central Anatolia. 1986,
    • Butterweck, G., Kryza-Gersch, F., Neuber, E., Roth, F.O., Stanzer, W., & Trimbacher, P. Antique Anatolian Carpets

    Butterworth, Charles E.

    • Butterworth, Charles E. "Review of A Catalogue of the Islamic Documents from al-Haram as-Sarif in Jerusalem, by Donald P. Little" in Muslim World. Vol. 83. 1993. 91-91.

    Buzkashi

    • Buzkashi is a game played on horseback that involves carrying the carcass of a goat across a goal line. Buzkashi can be translated as "pulling the goat". It is played in the north of Afghanistan and is most common among Turkmen and Uzbeks.

    Bylinski, Janusz.

    • Bylinski, Janusz. "Marks and Signatures of Artisans on Medieval Islamic Pottery from Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria" in Bulletin de la Société archéologique d'Alexandrie. Vol. 45. 1

    Bynum, Maury.

    • Maury Bynum, an Oriental rug dealer, engineer, and ex-educator, founded Textile Conservators, Inc. in 1983 to provide a facility for the professional maintenance of antique art textiles. Maury is well know for his vast knowledge in a broad range of rug and textile knowledge.
    • Textile Conservators
    • Trusted Resource List - Restorers.
    • "Ethnographic Rugs", Chicago: ACOR II, 1996

    Byzantine Empire

    • Byzantine Empire In 330 the Roman empire split and the eastern division was based in the new city of Constantinople.

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