The field guide · Tribes and weaving peoples
Qashqai قشقایی
The Qashqai are a confederacy of mainly Turkic-speaking tribes in Fars province, south-west Iran, and the province's largest weaving group. Iranica lists six main tribes: the Amaleh, Darrehshuri, Kashkuli Bozorg, Kashkuli Kuchek, Farsimadan and Shesh Boluki. Qashqai pile rugs are commonly asymmetrically knotted on an all-wool foundation; in pieces of exceptional quality weavers sometimes added pairs of red silk wefts. Clan names in our titles, such as Doghozloo and Shababloo, are as the seller gives them.
Also Qashqaei · Ghashghai · Kashgai · Doghozloo · Shababloo · Shabanloo
See also Khamseh, Fars, Shiraz, Abadeh, Gabbeh
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