Embroidered Russian and Scandinavian Rugs

Shirvan rug, floor covering handmade in the Shirvan region of Azerbaijan in the southeastern Caucasus. With the exception of a group of rugs woven in the vicinity of Baku, most Shirv...

This handsome Kazak rug features a big, bold, dominating geometric diamond pattern with a smaller patterned backdrop, giving it an edge that differentiates it from other rugs on the ...

This handsome Kazak rug features a double large, bold, dominating geometric pattern with a smaller patterned within. The detailed borders and backdrop give it an edge that differenti...

A late 19th-century tribal connoisseur-level Caucasian Shirvan Runner. Measures: 3'3" x 12'6".

A vintage Caucasian Karabagh from the mid-20th century.

73306 Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug, 04'04 X 08'07. Based on traditional designs from the Caucasus region, this hand-knotted wool antique Russian Kazak rug features four Lesghi Stars s...

An authentic late 19th-century Caucasian Kuba rug featuring a mustard-colored ground. 3'5'' x 5'1''

Reflecting its incredible Caucasian artistry and extraordinary detail, this antique Karabagh rug displays a field filled with the symbolic boteh motif surrounded by a tribal border. ...

This is a large Antique Verneh Kilim from the Caucasus region with a rare and beautiful color composition. Of the four countries that make up the Caucasus, Azerbaijan produces the most kilims, and the land has a long history of weaving. The nomadic tribes wove kilims and carpets as well as a wide range of storage bags and sacks, such as saffrash, khurgin and chula, and donkey and horse trappings. Smaller bags...

70472, antique Caucasian Kilim bag. Rich with tribal symbolism, this functional antique Caucasian knapsack features a handwoven Kilim bag face on a well worn...

Antique Caucasian Prepedil Rug in Ivory Background From Late 19th Century. This magnificent late 19th century antique Caucasian Prepedil rug displays a superb Caucasian arabesque acc...

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...