Early 20th Century Caucasian Moghan Carpet ( 3'7" x 8'8" - 109 x 264 )

19th Century Caucasian Moghan Carpet ( 3'9" x 8' - 114 x 244 )

Early 20th Century Caucasian Moghan Runner Carpet ( 3' x 9'6" - 91 x 290 )

19th Century Caucasian Moghan Carpet ( 3'5" x 9'5" - 104 x 287 )

Late 19th Century S. Caucasian Carpet ( 4' x 9'6" - 122 x 290 )

Top-notch one of a kind 19th century Kazak rug. Excellent original condition Unusual tree of life design on tomato red ground framed with a kufic border and running water and flower...

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...

The Caucasian carpets are from the areas south, east and north of the mountain chain of the Caucasus. Carpets, made before 1925, can be divided into five groups namely; Kazak, Karabach, Sjirvan, Kuba and Dagestan carpets...

A beautifully preserved antique Seychour rug, from a highly sought after family of rugs from the Kuba region of Azerbaijan, hand-knotted in the 19th century. It features prominent, elaborate St Andrews crosses...