Rug Notes Index - K

Kabul,

• Kabul is the historical capitol of Afghanistan.

• Kabul is about 6900 feet above sea level.

• Kabul, Afghanistan

Kabul River, Afghanistan

Kaempfer, Engelbert

• 17th century German scholar.

• Baku Rugs Guide

Kaffel, Ralph.

• Notes on Ralph Kaffel

Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt.

• Notes on Mary Hunt Kahlenberg

Kahlenberg, Michael.

• Kahlenberg was curator of Textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Later he became a textile dealer.

• Contributor to Black, David et al. The Atlas of Rugs & Carpets

Kajitani, Nobuko.

• Formerly Conservator in Charge, Department of Textile Conservation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Adjunct Professor of Conservation New York University

• A delightfully brilliant woman whose razor sharp mind is only surpassed by her charm and wit. One of the world’s most important rug scholars in a very quiet way.

• The Textile Museum Journal, International Editorial Advisory Board Nobuko Kajitani 1999-2001

Kakaberu

• Looks like a Maslaghan Persian Carpet with the "lightening bolt" design. However Maslaghan are single wefted and the Kakaberu Persian Carpet are double wefted.

Kalifatsstaat

• Also known as:

  • Kaplan group

  • Caliph State

  • Association of Islamic Unions and Societies

  • Federation of Islamic Associations and Communities

• A 1,100 – 1,300 strong militant Islamic group based in Cologne Germany. Founded by Turkish born Muhammed Metin Kaplan A.K.A. "caliph of Cologne". Kaplan is serving a four-year jail sentence for ordering the murder 1997 slaying of rival Turkish extremist Halil Ibrahim Sofu. The Kaplan group was linked to the al-Qaeda network in 1996 and 1997 but not more recently.

Kalila and Dimna:

• The Tales of Kalila and Dimna, by an Indian author named Bidpai were popular tales and frequently translated by Arab into Arabic in the thirteenth and fourteenth century and were popular throughout the Islamic world.]

• Atil, Esin. Kalila wa Dimna: Fables from a Fourteenth-Century Arabic Manuscript. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981

• Walzer, Sofie. "The Mamluk Illuminated Manuscripts of Kalila wa Dimna" in Aus der Welt der islamischen Kunst: Festschrift für Ernst Kühnel zum 75. Geburtstag am 26.10.1957. Ettinghausen, Richard (edited by). Berlin: Gebr. Mann, 1959. 195-206.

• Walzer, Sofie. "An Illustrated Leaf from a Lost Mamluk Kalilah wa-Dimnah Manuscript" in Ars Orientalis. Vol. 2. 1957. 503-505.

• A Safavid Blue and White Bottle 17th C.

Kalje, Qadir.

Kalmuq

• The Kalmuq are Mongols The Kalmuqs are Lamaist Buddhist. 

• Dialects include: Kalmuk, Kalmuck, Kalmack, Qalmaq, Kalmytskii Jazyk, Khal Mag Oirat, Volga Oirat, and European Oirat. Kalmuk is Western Mongolian. 

• The Kalmuqs of Astrakhan and the Volga were absorbed into the Horde of Jochi the eldest son of Cingis Qan.

• The Kalmuqs were the remnants of the Golden Horde and the White Horde.  When Uzbek Khan converted to Islam he led many Mongols to Islam which forced a split between Uzbek Mongols and Kalmuk Mongols.

Kandahar

• The city of Kandahar is in Southwest Afghanistan and has been the dividing line between Persia and India for hundreds of years at least. 

• Circa 1520 it was one of the principle kingdoms of Babur's empire. 

• Today Kandahar is primarily Pashtun.

• Originally founded and named after Alexander (Iskander) the Great. Kandahar as we know it today is very close to how it was laid out by Ahmed Shah Durrani in 1761. Durrani was the founder of the modern Afghan monarchy. he is buried in an octagonal mausoleum next to the shrine of the prophet's cloak.

• Kandahar has served as the headquarter of Taliban and formerly the home of Mullah Omar

• See also Kandahar_Afghanistan

Kane, Carolyn.

• Kane, Carolyn. "Review of Tissus Islamiques de la Collection Pfister, by Georgette Cornu, Odile Valansot, and Hélène Meyer" in JESHO. Vol. 38. 1995. 99-104.

Kane, Tina.

• Notes on Tina Kane

Kaplan, Muzaffer.

Kaplan, Muhammed Metin.

• Turkish born Muhammed Metin Kaplan A.K.A. "caliph of Cologne" is the founder of Kalifatsstaat. Kaplan is serving a four-year jail sentence for ordering the murder 1997 slaying of rival Turkish extremist Halil Ibrahim Sofu.

Kapunuk

• Kapunuk is wrong - the correct spelling is gapylyk. The translation is "a
  thing (intended) for the door (of the yurt)". Gapy=Door.
  To the best of my knowledge gapylyks were not woven in pairs. from Seyitguly Batyrov.

• Turkmen Tent-Door Decoration sometimes referred to as a door surround.

• Tekke Rugs: The Thompson Sale Tekke Kapunuk Lot 14

• Tekke Rugs: Tekke Kapunuk West Turkestan first half 19th century

• Thirty Rug Masterpieces from the Collection of S. M. Dudin, Part I

• The Dudin Collection of Turkoman Rugs Part III

• Ersari Kapunuk From The Louw Collection

Karabagh

• Guide To Karabagh Rugs

• Karabagh province

• Meliks of Karabagh province

Karabakh

• Armenian Gadrut, Karabakh Circa 1920

• MFA of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

• Breeds of Livestock - Karabakh Horse

Karachopf

• Guide to Karachopf Kazak Rugs

Karadag, Recep.

• Bohmer, Harald. and Karadag, Recep. "Dye Analysis of Ottoman Brocades and Velvets From the Topkapi Museum, and Other Silk Textiles". Hamburg/Berlin ICOC7 1993.

Karadag, Vedat.

Karadagh

• Area of Iran along the Azerbaijan border south to Mount Sabalan. Karaja rugs are in the Karadagh group. Karadagh means Black Mountain

Karagashli

• Karagashli are a slightly finer than average Kuba attributed to the village of Karagashli which is just south of Derbent. Average knot count 135 - 145 knots per square inch.

• Karagashli Rug s689n68,

Karaja

• Karaja Rugs are a type of Persian rug or Carpet

Karakalpak

• KARAKALPAK, Uzbekistan
  SHORT HISTORY: A Turkish population existing since the 12th century. Their name comes from a Kazakh word meaning Black Hat, referring the hat worn by these nomad horsemen. Their ruler signed a treaty with Emperor Peter the Great in 1722. In 1811, they become vassals of the Khans of Khiva and Kungrad. In 1855, the title of Khan was adopted by their ruler. In 1873, Karakalpak was annexed by the Russian Empire. In 1925, it became an autonomous republic and in 1932, an autonomous Soviet Republic. Since 5/12/1936, reattached to Uzbekistan.Karakalpak (Uzbekistan)

• Tribe in Central Asia that produces rugs similar to Turkmen or Uzbek rugs.

• They are neither Turkmen or Uzbek.

• Nagel A figure-8 Karakalpak rug

• Karakalpak

• Karakalpak Cuisine

• Karakalpak Applied Arts

• Ethnologue report for language code: KAC

Origin of Karakul Sheep Page 445

Karaman_Central_Anatolia_Turkey

Karamania and the Karaman Turkmen

Karavan Art’s,

Karez or Qanat System

Karnouk, Gloria S.

• Karnouk, Gloria S. "Form and Ornament of the Cairene Bahri Minbar" in AI. Vol. 17. 1981. 113-139.

Kars

• Guide to Turkish Rugs & Carpets - Kars

• Kars Turkey

Karzai, Hamid.

• Hamid Karzai is the son of the late Abdul Ahad Karzai. With the death of his father Hamid Karzai became the leader of the Popalzai Tribe which ruled Afghanistan from 1747 to 1818. Karzai is a blood relative of King Zahir Shah's wife. Early on Karzai was a Taliban supporter but he changed with the death of his father.

• Karzai went in to Afghanistan well before the fall of Taliban to raise his tribe against the Taliban. Engaged in running gun battles where he was badly out gunned Karzai was able to fight the Taliban while recruiting allies.

• Ahmed Karzai, is a brother of tribal chief Hamid Karzai,

• Quayum Karzai is a brother of tribal chief Hamid Karzai,

Karzai, Ahad Khan.

• Ahad Khan Karzai was assassinated in Quetta by a motorcyclist who killed Karzai as he returned home from his Mosque. He was the leader of the Popalzai tribe one of the major Durrani Pashtun tribes. I believe that the killer was from Pakistani ISI or possibly al-Qaeda. Most people say Taliban was the killer but they are all about the same thing.

• Abdul Ahad Karzai was a Senator in Kabul under the reign of King Zahir Shah.

Kashan

• Guide to Kashan Rugs and Carpets.

Kashkuli

• There are two Kashkuli sub tribes of the Qashqai, the Kashkuli Bozork (greater) and the Kashkuli Kuchek (lesser). The Kashkuli Bozork are the best Persian Carpet weavers of the Qashqai.

• Zollanvari, LLC - Tribal Rugs from South Persia

• Cloudband : Magazine : A New Look at the William Otter Gibbs Collection

Kashmar

• Guide to Kashmar Rugs

• Kashmar is a town in Khorasan in Eastern Iran. Persian Carpet from Kashmar is among the very best of the Mashad or Khorasan Persian Carpet type.

• Weather Underground: Kashmar, Iran Forecast

• Martyrs' Museum, Kashmar

  • Honored the Parliament

Katzenberg, D.S.

• Katzenberg, D.S. And Eagles Sweep Across The Sky. 1977,

• Katzenberg, D.S. The Great American Cover-Up: Counterpanes of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Record of the Baltimore Museum.

Katzenstein, Ranee A.

• Katzenstein, Ranee A. "Christian Themes in Thirteenth-Century Islamic Metalwork" in Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Vol. 1. 1983. 53-68.

Kaufman, K. P. von.

Kaufman, Suzanne.

• Suzanne Kaufman is an officer of the Chicago Rug Society.

• Rug Societies

Kayseri Turkey

Kazak

• Guide to Kazak Rugs

Kazakh 

• Mid 1460's Janibek and Kirai split from he White Horde (Mongol) and took their followers to land to what is now Kazakhstan. Olcott, The Kazakhs. page 8. 

• N. B. I translate Kazak, Kazakh, etc.. as "those who have left the Horde" and therefore it was this split of leaving the horde under Janibek that establishes the Kazakhs as a people. 

• Breeds of Livestock - Kazakh Horse

Kazanbulak

• Kazanbulak is a town in Northen Nagorno Karabakh.

• See Where is Kasim Ushak?

Kayvan, Iradj.

Kazanci, Erol

• Notes on Erol Kazanci

Kearney, Lawrence.

• Lawrence Kearney is an antique textile dealer and collector from the Boston area.

• Trusted Resource List - Rug & Carpet Dealers In The U.S.

• Collectors, Dealers, and The Future of Rug Collecting" Santa Monica: ACOR 3, 1996.

• "What's a Weaving Masterpiece?" Denver: ACOR4 Focus Session, 1998.

• "Collecting: A Confession" Denver: ACOR4 Focus Session, 1998.

• Rug Societies

Keers, Vincent.

• Vincent is a regular on www.Turkotek.com and adds an interesting perspective to the conversation.

• Vincent's Cave is closed.

The Keir Collection

• A collection assembled by Edmund de Unger

Kelimhaus,

Kell, Thomas.

• Kell, Thomas and R. Jay Friedman: Oriental Rug Price Guide. Carpenteria: 1977.

Kendrick, A.F.

• Kendrick, Albert Frank

• Kendrick, A.F. & Tattersall, C.E.C. Hand-Woven Carpets: Oriental and Occidental. 1922, Scribner's Sons, N.Y./ Benn Brothers

• Kendrick, A.F. & Tattersall, C.E.C. Hand-Woven Carpets: Oriental and Occidental. 1973, Dover,

• Kendrick, A.F. Catalogue of Textiles from Burying-Grounds in Egypt, 1: Graeco-Roman Period. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1920.

• Kendrick, A.F. Catalogue of Textiles from Burying-Grounds in Egypt, 2: Period of Transition and of Christian Emblems. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1921.

• Kendrick, A.F. Catalogue of Textiles from Burying-Grounds in Egypt, 3: Coptic Period. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1929.

• Kendrick, A.F. English Needlework.  London: Adam & Charles Black, 1933.

• Kendrick, Albert Frank and C. E. C. Tattersall, Fine Carpets in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Scribners, New York. 1924

George Kennan (the elder)

The Kennan Institute,

• The Kennan Institute, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004-3027. 

Kennedy, Alan.

• Kennedy, Alan. Central Asian Ikats ; Philadelphia: 1980.

• Kennedy, Alan, Contributing Editors, Hali The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art.

Kentwilley,

Kerki Bokhara Uzbekistan

Kerimov, Latif.

• Notes on Latif Karimov

Kerman

• A major center for Persian Carpet.

• Guide to Kerman Rugs and Carpets and Kerman Rugs the O'Connell Guide

Kermes Dye

Keshishian Adam,

• Adam Keshishian Jewelers

Keshishian, Harold.

• Notes on Harold and Melissa Keshishian

Keshishian, James Mark. A.S.A.

• Notes on James Mark Keshishian A.S.A.

Keshishian Mark,

• The late Mark Keshishian father of John, James and Harold founded Mark Keshishian & Sons Oriental Rugs in Chevy Chase Maryland.

• See www.hadjin.com for an in-depth look at Mark's life and family.

• Pharmacist, business owner and Author.

• Keshishian, Mark  Sr. Guide to Oriental Rugs.

Keshishian Mark,

• Son of James Mark Keshishian A.S.A.

• American Strength Legends: Mark Keshishian

• American Strength Legends: Mark Keshishian

• Mark Samson Keshishian Biography

• Bio Mark Samson Keshishian

Kévorkian, R.H.

• Hagop Kevorkian was from the prosperous Armenian community of Kayseri in the Ottoman Empire. Kevorkian was an erudite and sophisticated man who was able to establish him self as a leading dealer of Islamic art in New York City.

• Graduate of the American founded Robert College in Stamboul (now called Istanbul).

• The Kevorkian Portrait of a Seated Flautist

• Kevorkian Center

• THE FORMATION OF AN ISLAMIC ART LIBRARY COLLECTION

• Kévorkian, R.H. & Achdjian, B. Tapis et Textiles Armeniens. 1991,

Khadija, Lynn.

• Khadija, Lynn. "Designs on Painted Ayyubid/Mamluk Pottery from Rujm el-Kursi, 1990 Season" in Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. Vol. 36. 1992. 345-356.

Khal Mohammadi.

• The Real Khal Mohammad

Khalili, Nasser D.

Khalili, Usted Karim.

• Hezb-i-Wadat Chairman and senior cabinet member in the United Front.

• Khalili is an ethnic Hazara and maintains his base in the Bamiyan area. Participant in the Sherbarghan Meeting.

Khalilzad, Zalmay.

• Zalmay Khalilzad is Ambassador to Iraq and perhaps the most visible Pro-Israeli Ultra Zionist Muslim in the world.

• Zalmay Khalilzad Policy expert on Afghanistan. Member of the National Security Council and was special assistant to President Bush.

• Prior to 9/11 Khalilzad was notoriously soft on Taliban and a leading voice for recognition of the Taliban gangsters as a country.

• While at Cambridge Energy Research Associates Khalilzad consulted to Unocal during their dealings with with the Taliban. Afghan Roots Keep Adviser Firmly in the Inner Circle

• Zalmay Khalilzad US envoy to AFGHANISTAN Short Biography

• Signatory to the The PNAC Clinton Letter

• Secretary Rumsfeld talks with Ambassador Khalilzad onboard a C-17 Globemaster III en route to Kabul.

Khalis, Yunus.

• Mullah Yunus Khalis was the Mujahedin commander in Jalalabad in the province of Nangahar during the Russian war. He was Mullah Omar's commander and is said not to differ fundamentally with Mullah Omar's extreme interpretation of Islam. Khalis is Khugianay Pashtun, rumored to be in poor health. Khalis was born in Gandomak Nangahar in 1919.

• Mullah Yunus Khalis retook Jalalabad from Taliban 11/14/01

• Khalis believed that the only Constitution Afghanistan needed was the Koran. His resistance went back to at least 1974 where he accused Prince Daoud the Prime Minister of being a Communist. He was noted as one of the few resistance leaders who actually led men in battle. Khalis led a breakaway faction of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-i-Islami. Khalis operated in Nangahar and in Kabul. He mixed traditional guerilla warfare with urban terrorism, murder and kidnapping.

• Longtime foes revive struggles for power

Khamseh

• Khamseh Rugs: The O'Connell Guide

• The Khamseh Persian Carpet has nothing to do with the Southwest Persian tribal confederation. Khamseh refers to the area north of Hamadan and south of Zangan. It is one of those areas that appears on rug book maps but nowhere else. Nonetheless it is a major production area of Kurdish rugs from north of the Hamadan area.

• The Wertime Khamseh Shahsavan Mafrash Panel.

Khamseh Federation

• Please visit my guides Khamseh Confederation Rugs as well as Khamseh Confederation Rugs.

• Khamseh was a Southwest Persian Qajar era confederation of the Arab, Baseri, Ainalu, Nafar, and the Baharlu.

• Khamseh rugs are similar to Qashqai Rugs. Khamseh is more likely to have darker wool wefts but if they are dark goat then Luri is more likely.

• When the Khamseh and Qashqai settled in villages the nature of the rugs changed and they are then called Shiraz rugs.

• Azeri - Southern

• The Close Khamseh Bird Rug

• The Opie Khamseh Lion Rug

• Bird Rugs of South Persia

Khamseh Province of Persia

Khan

Genghis Khan

Muhammad Shaybani Khan

Khan, Ismail.

• Ismail Khan, known as the ``Lion of Herat,'' Age 54 or mid sixties. Ethnically Khan is a Farsiwan Tajik.

• Ismail Khan has been one of the most important Afghans of the last 22 years. Khan effectively started the Afghan Russian war when he refused to open fire on a mob. Instead he started the Herat massacre killing 350 Russian advisors and their families. This massacre spread and was a key factor in raising opposition to the Russian invasion. He was the leader of the resistance in the Herat area and became Governor of the region after the war.

• Taliban bribed Abdul Malik Pahlawan to sell him out. He was given to Taliban and imprisoned. He escaped and sought refuge in Iran. Iran has used him as a threat against Taliban finally backing him to invade Afghanistan in summer of 2001. He should be seen as Iran's man in the current conflict.

• Just prior to the fall of Herat Ismail Khan allowed Green Beret advisors to assist his army and coordinate air strikes. Received US Support 11/10/2001

• Iranian Special Forces Reportedly Fight Alongside US in Battle for Herat

• It appears that Hezb-i-Wadat under Usted Karim Khalili is working closely with Ismail Khan and Iran.

Khanlyg Rugs

• Khanlyg is a town due east of Kubatly. the area is in the southern part of the Karabakh region in Azerbaijan and north of the Karadagh rug producing region of Iran along the Azerbaijan border.

Khar Province of Persia

Khargai

• Khargai looms are the new looms in Afghanistan and Pakistan made out of steel. Better looms allow weavers to weave better rugs. This rug is typical of the new rugs, attractive design with straighter sides.

Khasi And Jaintia Hills India

Khat

• Pronounced "cot" is a leaf of the Catha edulis plant found in east Africa and southern Arabia. It is chewed for its euphoric and stimulative effects. It is very popular in Somalia and Yemen and is now spreading world wide with the help of al-Qaeda.

Khatibi, Abdelkebir

• Khatibi, Abdelkebir and A. Amaham: From Sign to Image, The Moroccan Carpet. Casablanca: 1995.

Khattab, Amir.

• Amir Khattab is a Saudi born Wahabbi extremist of Chechan ancestry. Khattab is a veteran of Afghanistan, the Gulf War and as a rebel commander in Chechnya. He is seen as a al-Qaeda leader and commander in Chechnya. He warned the world of the September 11th attacks The Amir Khattab e-mail

• Khattab is an expert with land mines and paid his tuition with the index and middle finger of one hand. Khattab went to Afghanistan in 1992. He first showed up in Chechnya in 1994 with the influx of Arab Afghans.

• The Amir Khattab e-mail

Khelat Baluchistan Pakistan

The Khevsurs of Caucasian Georgia

Khila

• Khila is a historically important weaving center near Baku. Most suggest that Khila is modern day Amirjan but Dr, Murray Eiland Jr. suggests Chaildag.

• Baku Rugs: Baku Khila-Afshan Long Rug

• Baku Rugs: Kuba Harshang Variant

• Baku Rugs: Baku Chila Carpet 19th C. 1880 Sotheby's Lot 11

• Baku Rugs: A Baku Chila Rug circa 1890

• Baku Rugs: Chila knotted panel 19th C. Nagel Lot 83

Khiva,

• Notes on The Khanate of Khiva

Khokand Uzbekistan

Khomeine Rugs and Carpets

Khomeini, Ayatollah.

• 882. Ayatollah Khomeini, at first imprisoned and later under house detention in connection 1963 Moharam riots and widely regarded as leading contender for position of Shia paramount leader, was released April 5 and returned to religious center of Qom. Press giving minimum play. [less than 1 line of source text not declassified] reports (1) millahs flocking to Qom from all over Iran to "kiss hands", and (2) one tank battalion concentrated Qom outskirts as precautionary measure. No info whether Khomeini reached agreement with govt regarding any restriction on his future activities. Embassy [less than 1 line of source text not declassified] contacts with good connections in religious community view release as victory for Khomeini but also as wise policy decision by regime in preparation for Moharam, period of deep mourning starting May 13. FRUS 1964-68, Vol. XXII, Iran (b)

• Prime Minister "Mansur allowed it to be understood he had had difficulty persuading Shah that Khomeini should be freed." FRUS 1964-68, Vol. XXII, Iran (b)

Khorasan

• Notes on Khorasan

Khordjin

• Double saddle bags woven in one piece.

Khorremabad Luristan Province Iran

Khorsabad Turkey Sargon's Castle

Khotan Hetian Xinjiang, China

Khotan-Darya River China

Kilim

• Kilim or Gilem means flatwoven rug. Meaning of course that there is no pile.

• Question about Kelim

Kimble, Greg and Lucille. Kimble

• The Kimble's are rug collectors, world travelers, speakers at the Textile Museum, active with the Triangle Rug Society, and very nice people.

• Greg is Professor Emeritus Department of Psychological and Brain Science, Duke University.

• Rug Societies

• Travelling in rug & carpet producing countries

• The Kimble Cloudband Kazak circa 1900 lot 46

King, Donald.

• Notes on Donald King

King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

• King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies. The Nuhad es-Said Collection of Islamic Metalwork. Riyadh: King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, 1985/1405. Additional title: Wahdat al-Fann al-Islami: Majmu`at Nuhad al-Sa`id.

Kinross L.

• English Historian. deceased.

• Kinross L. The Ottoman Centuries. New York: Morrow Quill, 1977

Kirchheim, E. Heinrich.

• E. Heinrich Kirchheim and Waltraut Kirchheim of Stuttgart

• Prominent European rug collector who assembled the Orient Stars Collection with the help of Alan Marcuson and Eberhart Herrmann, .

• The Joseph V. McMullan Award

• H. Kirchheim

• Kirchheim, H. et al. Orient STARS. text by E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Michael Franses, et al. Published by E. Heinrich Kirchheim and Hali Publications Ltd, 1993.

• Orient Stars Type A Star Kazak

Kirdok, M.

• Kirdok, M. Fetzan. 1991,

Kirghiz

• Notes on Kirghiz

Kirsch, Irwin.

• Oriental Rugs: Treasure of the Caucasus Comment

Kiss Aladar,

• Kiss Aladar, Ledacs-Szuts Belane: Ismerjuk Meg a Keleti Szonyegeket. Budapest: 1977.

Kite

• Kite in Pashto is kaaghazbaad or "wind-paper," Under Taliban kites were forbidden. When Kabul was liberated people began flying kites as a symbol of their regained freedom.

Kitz, Tony.

• Tony is a top rug dealer in the San Fransisco area. He used to work for Peter Papp. He is a dealer for whom I have a good bit of resepct.

Kizilbash

• Notes on the Kizilbash

• The Kizil-bash of Anatolia

Kleiber, Helmut.

• Kleiber, Helmut. Afghanistan: History, Culture, Folk Art, Rugs. Landesberg: 1989.

• Kleiber, Helmut. Turkestan: History, Culture, Folk Art, Rugs. Landesberg: 1991.

• Kleiber, Helmut. Turkestan: History, Culture, Folk Art, Rugs. Landesberg 1991. German text.

Klimburg, M.

• Klimburg, M. Ikat, Textile Art from the Silk Road ; Wien: 1993.

Klingner, Jim.

• "Anatolian Kurdish Rugs", Chicago: ACOR II, 1996

Klingner, J. H.

J. H. Klingner Oriental Carpets,

Klose, Christine.

• Notes on Christine Klose

Knobloch, Edgar.

• Knobloch, Edgar. Beyond the Oxus, Archaeology, Art and Architecture of Central Asia ; London: 1972.

Knot Tying,

• A professional Persian Carpet weaver averages roughly 4000 knots a day. A master weaver can do 8000 knots in a day but very few can do it day in and day out. Weavers in Tabriz use a hooked knife and weave about 20 percent more. So if we look at a Nain with 320 knots to the square inch, the weaver probably averaged about 12 or 13 square inches a day. That is equivalent to a one inch strip 12 or 13 inches long. Based on 320 knots to the square inch.

• There is a myth that children tie better knots. This is completely untrue and child labor today is unheard of except in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Saddly some American rug producers still participate in child labor. See Yayla Tribal Rugs and Child Labor:

Korbashi

• "commander of defense troops," (in Turki.) The leaders of the Turkistan National Liberation Movement took on the historical title Korbashi Paksoy, Basmachi

Koets, Ken

• IICRC Master Cleaner/Master Restorer

• Father of Nathan Koets

Koets, Nathan

• Ken works for his family's business Advanced Restorations, Inc.

• Graduate of the Auserehlian Rug School in Berthoud, CO.

• Specializes in H2O/fire damage.

• Cleaning and Repair - Nathan Koets - 04/01/2000

• Injectidry Systems Inc.

  • Church Dryout

• Yahoo! Groups : rug-fanatics Messages :Message 485 of 1362

• Features Item : Hot, Hot, Hot: Steam Vapor Cleaning Rises to the Top

• There's No Cleaning Like Snow Cleaning

Kolahi, B.

• Behrouz Kolahi & Eduardo Ceretto. Kazak. 1995,

• Kolahi, B. I Gabbeh. 1988,

Gallerie Koller

• For many years a leading German collectable carpet dealer. There was a major Sotheby’s auction of their inventory and I believe the shop is now closed. The Koller’s were very well thought of in carpet collecting circles.

Koltuk

• see Qoltuq

Kolyai

• See my Guides to Koliai/Sonqur Rugs and Kolyai/Sonqur Rugs

• The Kolyai are one of the largest of the Kurdish tribes in Iran. They live in the province of Hamadan. They produce a Persian rug or Carpet similar to the Hamadan city rugs but the knot count is substantially higher and generally the wool used is superior.

• Kolyai is also the name of a Kurdish village 50 miles west of Hamadan in northwest Iran.

• Kolyai Kurdish

• 3 1/2 by 5 Foot Kolyai Kurdish Rug

Komaroff, Linda.

• Curator of Islamic Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA

• Visiting ART HISTORY FACULTY UCLA

• Komaroff, Linda. "Review of Essays in Islamic Art and Architecture in Honor of Katharina Otto-Dorn, edited by A. Daneshvari" in JAOS. Vol. 105. 1985. 751-752.

• Komaroff, Linda. "Review of Mamluk and Post-Mamluk Metal Lamps, by Doris Behrens-Abouseif" in IJMES. Vol. 29: No. 3. 1997. 478-479.

• Komaroff, Linda. "Review of Islamic Metalwork: The Nuhad es-Said Collection, by James W. Allan" in JAOS. Vol. 103. 1983. 775-776.

Komerska, Sally.

• President Arizona Oriental Rug/Textile Association.

• Rug Societies

• AORTA Conference

• The Hajji Baba Club O'Bannon Article

• Notes on George O'Bannon

• November 1998 Calendar of Events, Tucson, Arizona

• Notes on George Washington O'Bannon

Kommer, Robert S.

Konig, Hans.

• Notes on Hans Konig

Konieczny, M.G.

• Konieczny, M.G. Textiles of Baluchistan. London: 1979.

Konzett.

• Konzett. Alte und Antike Kaukasische Teppiche. Graz: 1982.

• Konzett. Alte und Antike Turkmenische Teppiche. Graz: 1983.

Konya

• Guide to Konya Rugs

• Konya Turkey

• Konya Wool in 1890

Koos, Greg.

• Review - Turkish Traditional Art Today

Kopmaz,

Korolnik, Marcel.

• Notes on the Korolniks

• Korolnik is one of the most important collectors and scholars in the field of Moroccan carpet.

• Korolnik, Marcel. " FIRE AND WATER, Rehamna Carpets, Recent Field Research in the Plains of Marrakesh. Hali 99, 1998. page 64. "The mainly Arab weaving tribes of the Plains of Marrakesh make a variety of pile and flatweaves. Lack of reliable information has meant that these rugs are generally misattributed, a situation that the author is seeking to remedy through his ongoing field studies in the area".

• Marcel Korolnik
  Flatweaves and Carpets from the Haouz of Marrakech
  After a short look at the main tribes of the Haouz region the lecture seeks to prove the common background of the carpets by comparing their flatweaves. From there we follow the very different but unique design lines of the knotted pile carpets produced by three Arab tribes of the Haouz of Marrakech, the Ahmar, Bousbéa and the Rehamna. Icom textiles working group. Newsletter

• Annette Korolnik-Andersch
  Identifying an Anti Atlas Weaving Tribe
  Only a few years ago carpets and weavings named "Beni Yaacoub" reached the market in remarkable numbers. Some of these pieces were quite old and all showed different character compared to most of the known tribes. Several times I traveled to the remote areas of the Central Anti Atlas in order to find out what Beni Yaacoub stands for. Apart from textile artefacts I found answers that help attribute some of the pieces, but at the same time raise new questions regarding others. Icom textiles working group. Newsletter

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Koseoglu., Cengiz.

• 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.

Kossow, Klaus-Dieter,

• "Safavid Silk Fragments". Hamburg/Berlin ICOC7 1993.

Kosven, M. O.

• Kosven, M.O. ed. et al.: Peoples of the Caucasus Vol.I ; Moscow: 1960.

Koum

• Please see my guides to Qum Rugs and Qum Rugs and Carpets. Koum is one of several alternate spellings

• Rashti Zadeh Koum Rug

Koum Kapi Rugs

• Please see my guide to Kum Kapi Rugs

• Zareh Penyamin Koum Kapi Rug

Krausse, H. J.

• Krausse, Hans-Jurgen. Fruhe Teppichkunst. 1990,

Kreiger, Fred.

• Fred Kreiger is one of the leading West Coast rug collectors. Fred is a mainstay of the Textile Museum Associates in Los Angeles.

Kreiss, Paul.

• Paul Kreiss operates The Rug Book Shop in Baltimore, Maryland

• Trusted Resource List - Book Dealers.

• "Rug Literature Today" Denver: ACOR4 Focus Session, 1998.

Kreyenbroek, Philip G. and Stefen Sperl

• Kreyenbroek, Philip G. and Stefen Sperl. The Kurds: A Contemporary Overview. Routledge/SOAS Series on Contemporary Politics and Culture in the Middle East, London. 1991

Kriss Jo,

• Kriss Jo, Carpet specialist at Skinner’s Auctions, Bolton, Massachusetts.

Kroah, Don.

• Don Kroah hosts a far right wing talk radio program on WAVA in the Washington DC area.

• Kroah's show is vaguely Christian but primarily a front for the Republican party. Kroah has frequent guests such as journalist and right wing fringe activist Ken Timmerman.

Kryza-Gersch, F.

• Butterweck, G., Kryza-Gersch, F., Neuber, E., Roth, F.O., Stanzer, W., & Trimbacher, P. Antique Anatolian Carpets

Kuba

• Also Quba, and Quebah.

• Guide To Kuba Rugs

Kubatly

• Kubatly is an area in Azerbaijan just south of the Lachin corridor inbetween Armenia and Ngorno Karabahk.

• W&W Khanlyg Karabakh Rug Circa 1900

• W&W Circa 1900 Khanlyg Karabakh Rug

• Karabagh Rugs: Khanlyg Karabakh 4/10/80 Sotheby's Lot 114

Kuda

• In Turki "Kuda connotes giving or taking a girl from another family in marriage. In a society which values kinship, relations established by marriage are significant and carry certain obligations." Alpamysh. Chapter 3 note 13.

Kuhnel, Ernst, also Kuehnel, Ernst,

• Notes on Ernst Kuhnel

Kula

• Market center collection point for the rugs of a number of villages in the Kula area in Turkey.

• Kula Carpets

• Kula Kelle 1

Kulczycki, W.

• Kulczycki, W. Beitrage Zur Kenntnis Der Orientalischen Gebetteppiche. 1914 (reprint: n.d.)

Kuløy, Hallvard K.

• Kuløy, Hallvard K. Tibetan Rugs Bangkok 1982.

• Kuløy, Hallvard K.: Fra Tempel til Hesterygg den Tibetanske Teppettradisjonen (Tibetan Rugs) ; Oslo: 1989.

• Kuløy, H.K. Fra Tempel Til Hesterygg, Fra Tempel til Hesterygg den Tibetanske Teppettradisjonen (Tibetan Rugs). n.d.(l989).

Kunitzsch, Paul.

• Kunitzsch, Paul. "Review of Islamicate Celestial Globes: Their History, Construction, and Use, by Emilie Savage-Smith" in Journal for the History of Astronomy. Vol. 19. 1988. 278-280.

• Kunitzsch, Paul. "Review of Islamicate Celestial Globes: Their History, Construction, and Use, by Emilie Savage-Smith" in Der Islam. Vol. 64. 1987. 367-370.

Kurd

• Notes on Kurdish Weaving

Kuris, Azerbaijan/Russia

• Notes on the Kuris of Azerbaijan and Russia

Kurtoglu, Mehmet.

• In order to attract the modern quality-conscious Turkish customer, the Covered Bazaar has had to accept that it is competing with high-level international and local goods, be they woven, leather, ceramic or glass. Even in the realm of carpets, a significant change is occurring. Mehmet Kurtoglu is one of the pioneers of this change which he sees less as a revolution and more a natural evolution. He runs his eponymous carpet and kilim shop on Zeneciler Street as well as the Izmirli Balýkçý, a traditional fish restaurant in the Bazaar that has now opened an unrecognizably chic branch in Yeniköy. A Labyrinth of Contradictions The Covered Bazaar

Kurtz, John D.

• Notes on John D. Kurtz

Kustar rug.

• The Kustar movement was an effort by the Russian Government to stimulate weaving by teaching weavers to weave from pattern books. These patterns encouraged the weavers to abandon traditional styles of pieces that were more commercially marketable. This resulted in rather predictable commercial pieces.

Kuznetzova, Marina.

• Vjueva, Natalya. & Kuznetzova, Marina. "THE KREMLIN ICONOSTASIS". Hali 97, 1998. page 82. "One of the strangest works of Russian Orthodox art, the screen in the Crucifixion Chapel of the Moscow Kremlin is atypical in both technique and iconography. The icons it carries are mixed media images combining paint and textiles, using a range of imported luxury silks from both East and West."

Kybalova, L.

• Kybalova, L. & Darbois, D. Carpets OF The Orient. 1969, Hamlyn.

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

Copyright Barry O'Connell 2004 - 2006.
Last revised: March 13, 2009.

Tabriz Rugs

Tabriz-Rugs

Tabriz-Rugs & Carpets

Kashmar Rugs

Isfahan Rugs

Hamadan Rugs

Mashad Rugs

Gabbeh Rugs

Heriz Rugs

Ardabil Rugs

Lylyan Rugs

Turkmen Rugs

Persian Rugs

Turkish Rugs

Suzani

Oriental Rugs

Persian Carpets

Baluch Rugs,

The Qashqai and Qashqai Rugs

Veramin Rugs

Tribal Rugs

Khotan-Rugs

Khotan-Carpets

Kirman-Rugs

Kirman-Carpets

Antique-Rugs

Antique-Carpets

Shahsevan-Rugs

Oushak-Rugs

Mashad-Rugs

Gabbeh-Rugs

Kurdish-Rugs

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