Antique Caucasian Yamud Rug

Caucasian rugs are primarily produced as village productions rather than city pieces. Made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces, the rugs of the Caucasus normally...

Antique Caucasian Shirvan Rug 3'1'' x 5'5''.

Antique Shirvan Caucasian rug measures 4'4'' x 6'1''. This extremely desirable east Caucasian finely woven piece, better for the wall, has a light straw-yellow ground with rows of reversing botehs continuing into the spandrels, under and alongside the ivory niche arch. The botehs are striped or color latticed. Ivory border of grape bunches or "parrots" on an angular vine. Wool warp. Original short clipped pile. Marasali prayer rugs...

Antique Caucasian Shirvan Rug 3' x 4'5''.

Antique Shirvan Caucasian rug 3'8'' x 8'3''. This eastern Caucasian good condition piece shows five eight pointed, square format "Lesghi star...

In circa 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. 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. The Sultanate of Borchali was located in the southeastern part of Georgia and in the eastern part of today's Turkey. At the beginning of the 18th century, Borchali was vassal of the Khanate of Ganja and in 1736 was ceded by Persian Emperor Nadir Shah...

Antique Caucasian rug. Size: 3'3" x 4'4".

Antique Caucasian rug. Size: 4'0" x 8'0".

Antique Caucasian Rug, Size: 2'10" x 4'3".

Antique Caucasian rug, size: 4'4" x 9'6".

Antique Caucasian rug, measures: 5'0" x 7'0".

Antique Caucasian rug, size: 3' 0'' x 4' 4''.