One of America's great Rug stores.
Founded by Col. Charles W. Jacobson
Major Internet Rug Seller.
Jacobsen's Oriental Rugs
Main location in Syracuse, NY, branches in Saratoga Springs, NY and Rochester, NY.

Jacobson, Charles W.

Col. Jacobson was an Oriental Rug dealer in Syracuse and a best selling author of Rug Books. Jacobson's guides are useful because they tell us what Jacobson saw in the market and what it was called.
Jacobson, Charles W. How To Buy Oriental Rugs
Jacobson, Charles W. Oriental Rugs
Jacobsen, C. W. Check Points on How to Buy Oriental Rugs. 1969,

Jacoby, Heinrich.

Prominent mid century German expert. One of the most important rug authors. I would rank him on a par with Cecil Edwards and PRJ Ford. His long association with PETAG makes his insight especially important.
Jacoby, Heinrich. How to Know Oriental Carpets and Rugs. London. George Allen & Unwin. 1952 .
Jacoby, H. How To Know Oriental Rugs and Carpets. 1962,
Jacoby, Heinrich, Eine Sammlung Orientalischer Teppiche, Berlin, 1923, p.6, fig.8. The David Sylvester Northwest Persian Carpet,
Tabriz Petag Carpet circa 1910 Lot 3060
Sotheby's "PETAG" Tabriz Persian Carpet
A Herati Pattern PETAG Tabriz Carpet C. 1900 Lot 78

Jaffe, Philip.

ONI Officer who was implicated, arrested but not prosecuted in the Amerasia case was associated with Owen Lattimore and would visit him in Baltimore. FBI - Freedom of Information Act - Owen Lattimore

Jagatai

Jahan Carpets,

Jahangir

Jahangir Reigned 1628 - 1658
Jahangir succeeded his father Akbar and became an Shah of Shah or Padishah in India. Jahangir died in 1658.
As Prince Selim he had been in revolt against his father but reconciled shortly before Akbar's death.

Jain, Jyotindra.

Dhamija, Jasleen and Jyotindra Jain, Handwoven Fabrics of India, Mapin Publishing, Pvt., Ahmedabad, India, 1989 Dhamija, Jasleen, Iran's Crafts, Farabi University, Tehran, 1979.

Jaish-i-Mohammed

Jaish-i-Mohammed is an offshoot of the Pakistan backed terrorist group Harakat-ul-Ansar. Mr. Azhar is the leader. Linked to al-Qaeda.

Jajim or chador-shab

A thin carpet made of stripes of cloth made like tent band that has been cut and stitched together.

Jalal al-Did Mirak Isphahani.

Please see Aqa Mirak

Jalal-Ud-Din Rumi

Jalalabad

Also Galalabad. Jalalabad is the major city and capital of Nangahar Province in Southeastern Afghanistan. It is
Home of Mullah Omar and Mullah Yunus Khalis
Longtime foes revive struggles for power

Haji Abdul Qadir,

Jalayirid

The Jalayirid were part of the IL-Khanid Mongol Horde who founded a dynasty after the break-up of the IL-Khanid Horde.
The Jalayirid ruled in Azerbaijan.
The Qara Qoyunlu were part of the Jalayirid IL

Jalis

Jalis are stone screens that were used extensively in India.
Jali screen, one of a pair, 2nd half 16th century; Mughal Attributed to India; Found at/reportedly from Fatehpur Sikri, India

Jaller

A Jaller is a Turkmen envelope shaped storage bag that is similar to but smaller than a Juval.
Jallers were very common but since they were made for use they do not show up as much in the west.

Jamali, Moe.

James, David.

James, David. "Some Observations on the Calligrapher and Illuminators of the Koran of Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Jashnagir" in Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Vol. 2. 1984. 147-157.
James, David. "Arab Painting, 358 A.H./969 A.D.-1112 A.H./1700 A.D." in Marg: A Magazine of the Arts. Vol. 29: No. 3. June 1976. 11-50.
James, David. "The Development of Qur'anic Calligraphy and Illumination under the Mamlukes, 1300-1376, and in Iraq and Iran in the Same Period" Ph.D. disertation., University of Durham, 1982.
James, David. "A Mamluk Qur'an" in Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's 1981-82. London: Sotheby Publications, 1982. 156-160.
James, David. "Mamluke Painting at the Time of the 'Lusignan Crusade,' 1365-70: A Study of the Chester Beatty Nihayat al-Su'l wa'l-Umniya . . . etc. MS of 1366" in Humaniora Islamica. Vol. 2. 1974. 73-87.
James, David. "The Mamluks of Egypt and Syria" in The Master Scribes: Qur'ans of the 10th to 14th Centuries, A.D.. Raby, Julian (edited by). Vol. 2. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. New York: The Nour Foundation with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, 1992. 150-193.
James, David. Qur'ans and Bindings from the Chester Beatty Library: A Facsimile Exhibition. London: World of Islam Festival Trust, 1980.
James, David. Qur'ans of the Mamluks. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1988.

James, H.L.

James, H.L. Posts And Rugs. 1988, 2nd ed.,

Jami, Abdorrahman-e.

Sufi mystic poet Abdorrahman-e Jami 1414 - 1492 was at the court of Soltan Hosayn Mirza Bayqara. Soudavar, APC. Page 85

Jami' at-tawarikh.

Rashid ad-Din was the author of the Jami' at-tawarikh.
Rashid ad-Din was a Persian Jew who converted to Islam and served at the Mongol court in Persia.
Born in 1247 almost 30 years after Cingis Qan conquered Persia. He served Ghazan, Oljeitu and was executed in 1318 by Abu Sa'id.
He assembled a record of the Mongol dynasty called the "Jami' at-tawarikh".
There are splendid translations in Russian but I am unfamiliar with a full translation in English. J. A. Boyle translated parts of it and I believe he published some of it in:
- Boyle, J. A., ed. The Cambridge History of Iran: Volume 5: The Saljuq and Mongol Periods. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968
Russian translation
- Rashid-ad-din. "Sbornik Letopisei,"
  - Vol. 1 translated by L. A. Khetagurov. Moscow-Leningrad 1952.
  - Vol. 1/2 translated by Yu P. Verkhovski Moscow-Leningrad 1960.
  - Vol III translated by A. K. Arends. Moscow-Leningrad 1946.

Jamiat-i-Islami Afghanistan

During the Russian war Dr. Syed Burhanudin Rabbani was the head of Jamiat-i-Islami Afghanistan, a primarily Tajik and Uzbek Mujaheddin group. The group was highly effective particularly in the Panjshir valley under Ahmad Shah Mahsud.
Strong links to the Moslem Brotherhood.

Jamiat-e-Ulema-i-Islami

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. General Naseerullah Babar 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 sold out on Taliban to get Jamiat-e-Ulema-i-Islami support for her coalition Government.

Janata, Alfred.

Janata, Alfred. Aimaq, in Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey, ed. Richard V. Weekes, Greenwood Press, Westport, pp. 8-12. 1978
Janata, Alfred. Flatweaves of West Afghanistan, Oriental Rug Review, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 2-6. 1984
Janata, Alfred. The So-Called Herat Baluch Rugs and their Weavers, Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies I, London, pp. 165-171. 1985
Alfred Janata, Ethnologe (chairman of many years of the ARC);
Austrian emergency committee for Afghanistan, The Museum of Ethnology, Vienna
Janata, Alfred. Korean painting / Alfred Janata ; translated by Margaret Shenfield. New York : Crown Publishers, 1964. ND1060 .J313 1964
Alfred Janata,Hermann M. Pressl, Karlfried Wutt, Ingeborg Baldauf-Thalhammer, et al.: Various collections of music, oral tradition and linguistic recordings from Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan, 1958-1978;
Schmuck in Afghanistan
Janata, Alfred
Photographs by Robert Braunmüller
Graz 1981 . 212 pp., 24 colour plates, 50 black-and white plates with altogether more than 300 illustrations, size: 22 x 28,5 cm, cloth with colour jaket.

Beiträge zur Südasienforschung
[Contributions to South Asian Studies]
Band [nos.] 51 - 100
Südasien-Institut, Universität Heidelberg
[South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University]

Stuttgart: Steiner
ISSN 0170-3137

Alfred Janata : Ethnogenetische Prozesse in West- und Zentral-Afghanistan [Ethnogenetic processes in West and Central Afghanistan] pp. 319-330, Karte [map] 1 : Karte von [map of] Afghanistan p. 321, Karte [map] 2 : Verbreitung der westafghanischen Char Aimaq-Stämme und die Sitze der jeweiligen Stammeschefs, um 1880 [Spread of the West Afghan Char Aimaq tribes and their respective clan chiefs' seats, ca. 1880] p. 326, Bibliographie [bibliography] pp. 329-330.

Janid or Astrakhanid dynasty:

Baqi Muhammad Bahadur, Khan 1598-1605 at Bukhara. Grandson (via daughter) of Khan Iskandar of Samarkand and descendant of a brother of Ahmad Khan, Khan of the Golden Horde (himself descendant of Chingis Khan). Brother of:
Wali Muhammad, Khan at Balkh, Afghanistan 1599-1608 and at Bukhara 1605-1608,
Sayyid Imam Quli Bahadur, Khan 1608-1640. Son of a brother of Khan Baqi Muhammad and brother of:
Sayyid Nadir Muhammad Bahadur, Khan 1640-1647 or 1651. Father of:
Sayyid Abdul Aziz, Khan 1647-1680. Brother of:
Sayyid Subhan Quli Muhammad Bahadur, Khan at Balkh, Afghanistan 1657-1701 or 1702 and at Bukhara 1680-1701 or 1702. Grandfather of:
Muhammad Makim Khan, Khan at Balkh, Afghanistan 1701 or 1702-1706 or 1707,
Sayyid Ubaidullah I Muhammad Bahadur, Khan at Bukhara 1701 or 1702-1705 or 1711. Son of Khan Subhan Quli and brother of:
Sayyid Abul Faid Muhammad, Khan 1705 or 1711-1747. Father of:
Sayyid Abdul Mumin (II) Muhammad, Khan 1747-1751. Brother of:
Sayyid Ubaidullah II, Khan 1751-1752 or 1753,
Sayyid Abul Ghazi Bahadur, Khan 1758-1785. Descendant of Khan Imam Quli,
- Source ALMANACH DE BRUXELLES

Janissaries The Destruction of the Janissaries 1826

Jarman, Shirley.

"Some Comparisons Between Old and New Baluch Rugs". Washington DC: ICOC 1980.

Jay, Sian.

Jay, Sian. "BOOKS". Hali 97, 1998. page 98. "Sian Jay on Contemporary Tie and Dye Textiles of Indonesia, by Kim Jane Saunders."

Jayakar, P.

Jayakar, P. & Irwin, J. Textiles and Ornaments of India. 1956,

Jelle

A garment, usually without a collar, made of naturally pink colored cotton fiber, especially favored by the mollas or mystics.Alpamysh. Chapter 3 note 30.

Jenkins, Arthur D.

Jenkins, Marilyn.

Jenkins, Marilyn. "Mamluk Jewelry: Influences and Echoes" in Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Vol. 5. 1988. 29-42.
Jenkins, Marilyn. Islamic Pottery: A Brief History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983.
Jenkins, Marilyn. "Mamluk Underglaze-Painted Pottery: Foundations for Future Study" in Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Vol. 2. 1984. 95-114.

Jensen, Inge.

Jensen, Inge. Caucasian Rugs - A Private Danish Collection. Denmark: 1974.

Jereb, James F.

Jereb, James F. Arts and Crafts of Morocco

Jerrehian, Aram.

Jerrehian, Aram. Oriental Rug Primer. NY: 1980.

Jettmar, Karl.

Jettmar, Karl. Art of the Steppes. NY: 1967.

Jevremovic, George.

Jevremovic, George. Black Mountain Looms. Vol 1. 1994,
Jevremovic, George. Azeri, Folklife Carpets ; (Philadelphia): 1992.

JIES

Journal of Indo-European Studies

Jijim

A jijim is a rug made from narrow bands of fabric.

Jo‘l, Guillermina.

Jo‘l, Guillermina. "Céramiques glaçurées d'époque islamique trouvées à Tôd" in AI. Vol. 26. 1992. 1-18.

Jochi

Jochi was the eldest son of Cinggiz Qan and Borte. In a revenge rain by the Merkid tribe Borte was taken and ravished. Cleaves, Secret History of the Mongols Quatrain 104.
It was from that union that Jochi is believed to have come. There is a view that Borte was pregnant before the raid. This is based on Rashid's Collected Chronicales that defends the honor of Borte but that view is not widely held. Blackwell translation of Ratchnevsky, Genghis Khan
The illigetimacy issue appears to have colored Cengiz Qan's feelings towards Jochi.
Batu son of Jochi grandson of Cengiz Qan founded the Golden Horde

C John (Rare Rugs) Ltd

I am pleased to include C John (Rare Rugs) Ltd in our Trusted Resource List - Rug & Carpet Dealers Outside The U.S.

Johns, C. N.

Johns, C. N. "Medieval Slip Ware from Pilgrims' Castle, `Atlit (1930-1)" in QDAP. Vol. 3. 1934. 136-144.

John of Austria,

Spanish admiral and general, born 1545 died 1578
Bastard son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
Commander of the fleet of Spain, Venice, and the Papal States of Italy in the Battle of Lepanto, 1571. Led the fleet to a crushing defeat of the Ottoman Navy.

The Joint Terrorism Task Forces

The Task Forces were established to integrate the resources and expertise of the law enforcement authorities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the U.S. Customs Service, ATF, Secret Service and state and local law enforcement.

Jones, Mrs. H. McCoy (Caroline).

Widow of H. McCoy Jones and a noted collector of Kilims. Her collection now resides in a San Francisco Museum with her husbands collection.
Caroline McCoy Jones

Jones, H. McCoy.

McCoy Jones was a prominent east coast Turkmen amd Baluch rug collector. He was a member of the Hajji Baba Club and was founder of the International Hajji Baba Club. He left his collection to the De Young Museum in San Francisco. Charles Grant Ellis refered to McCoy Jones as Uncle Piggy in CONVERSATION WITH CHARLES GRANT ELLIS.
Jones, H. McCoy. and Yohe, Ralph S. Turkish Rugs.
Brooke Pickering - Rug Brat
Jones, H. McCoy: The Ersari and Their Weavings. Washington: 1969.
Jones, H. McCoy: Rugs of the Yomud Tribes. Washington D.C.: Washington Hajji Baba Society,1970.
Jones, McCoy et al. Persian Tribal Rugs Washington. Washington Hajji Baba, 1971.
Jones, H. McCoy and Jeff W. Boucher: Weaving of the Tribes in Afghanistan ; Washington D.C.:Washington Hajji Baba 1972.
Jones, H. McCoy and J. Boucher: Tribal Rugs from Turkmenistan ; Washington: 1973.
Jones, H. McCoy, and Boucher,Jeff. Baluchi Rugs; An Exhibition Featuring Rugs of the Baluchi Tribes of Iran and Afghanistan, International Hajji Baba Society, Washington. 1974
Jones, H. McCoy and Jeff W. Boucher: The Ersari and their Weaving ; Washington: 1975.

Jones, M.

Jones, M. Fake? The Art of Deception. 1990,

Josheqan

Discussions - Josheqans and Meimehs? - 04/26/2000

Amos Josephon Antique Carpets,

Sam Joseph’s Oriental Rug Imports,

Joseph's Oriental Rugs

New Address for Joseph's Oriental Rugs

Jourdan, Uwe.

Notes on Uwe Jourdan

Journal of Indo-European Studies

Jozan

Jozan - Magazine about Oriental rugs with a large number of rug images. The magazine includes links to rug sites, auction news and articles. English and Scandinavian versions.
http://www.jozan.net

Judge,.Robert A "Bobby"

Jun. 14--The political connections of Robert A. Judge Sr., former Pennsylvania revenue secretary, were primarily why he was chosen last month as the new chief executive officer of the Convention Center.
Now those political connections may force him out of the job before he begins his first day.
Judge's appointment violates a provision in a 1986 state law that specifically restricts the Convention Center from hiring managers whose family members are political party officers, public officers, or public officials.
There are at least three violations of state law in Judge's appointment: His father, Thomas J. Judge Sr., is the longtime chairman of the Delaware County Republican Party, as well as Delaware County's recorder of deeds, which is an appointed position, making him a public official. His brother, Thomas J. Judge Jr., is also a public official: the appointed chief administrative officer for Upper Darby Township.
Audit reveals Lottery error cover-up

Julfa

Ottoman/Safavi Foreign Affairs - Julfa

In times past there were many churches in Julfa: the Amenaprkich Monastery, the churches of St. Astvadzadzin, St. Gevorg, St. Minas, St. Hovhannes, St. Hakob, Amenasurb, Yerordutiun (Holy Trinity) or Upper Kattan, Andreordi, Pombloz, and others, some of which still exist though partially destroyed. Khachkar Forest

Julkhyr

Julkhyr means Bearskin in Uzbek and is the name for a group of long pile, low knot count Uzbek rugs.
Uzbek Julkhyr Rug

Jull, A. J. Timothy.

Notes on A. J. Timothy Jull

Jungfleisch, Marcel.

Jungfleisch, Marcel. "L'apparition de la formule `azza nasrahu sur les monnaies musulmanes" in Bulletin de l'Institut d'Égypte. Vol. (Session 1926-1927) 9. 1927. 51-55.
Jungfleisch, Marcel. "Monnaies ou poids ou 'monnaies-poids' du sultan mamelouk Haggy II" in Bulletin de l'Institut d'Égypte. Vol. (Session 1948-1949) 31. 1949. 39-47.
Jungfleisch, Marcel. "Review of Gaibi et les grands faïenciers égyptiens d'époque mamlouke, by Armand Abel" in BIE. Vol. 14. 1931-1932. 257-274.
Jungfleisch, Marcel. "Tentative d'identifier les petits bronzes frappés par les deux Mouayad (Mamelouks Bourguites)" in Bulletin de l'Institut d'Égypte. Vol. (Session 1946-1947) 29. 1948. 45-50.

Justin, Valerie.

Collector and curator of TEXTILES FROM VANISHING CULTURES, an exhibit that has been shown at over a dozen university and community galleries.
Ex-President of Textile Museum Associates of Southern California.
A former chair of Folk Art Council, Craft&Folk Art Museum, L.A.
Member of the Advisory Council of the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. 1992-1998.
President of The Pillowry, rug and textile showroom in Los Angeles. From 1976 in the Design Center (Blue Whale) and now represented at Hansen Collections on Melrose Avenue.
Justin, Valerie Flat-Woven Rugs of the World: Kilim, Soumak, and Brocading Van Nostrand Reinold NY 1980,
Walking to Eastern Turkestan, by Valerie Justin
Shawls of the Berbers of the Atlas Mountains, by Valerie Justin Vol. 11, No. 4, April/May, 1991
Woven Jewels: Tibetan Rugs from Southern California Collections, Review by Valerie Justin
An Interview with Tom Rutherford, by Valerie Justin
"The Brick Rugs of Margaret Kerr", Justin, Valerie, Orriental Rug Review, XII/5/30-35
VanishingTextiles on eBay
JUSTIN, VALERIE, Flat-woven Rugs of the World, Kilim, Soumak and Brocading, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1980.

Juval

Juval - Joval, Chuval, Tschoval. A large rectangular bedding and clothing bag used by Turkmen. The bags are up to about 3 ft. by 6 ft. They are most often pile on one side but may be flatweave. The large bags are woven as pairs but used singularly.
Guide to Turkmen Rugs & Carpets

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J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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