The field guide · Tribes and weaving peoples
Afshar افشار
The Afshar are a Turkic tribe whose main body lives in Kerman province, south-east Iran, with nomadic groups around Sirjan; smaller Afshar groups live elsewhere, including north of Bijar. Kerman's tribal rugs became so well known that many are sold as 'Afshar' whoever wove them. Tribal weavers there typically use the symmetric knot, and Iranica records cotton wefts, with red wool wefts in earlier pieces.
Also Afshari · Afshar Kerman · Afchar · Avshar
See also Sirjan, Kerman, Jebal Barez, Dehaj, Shahr-e Babak
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