ugs, 71
" " , characteristic border of described, 72
" " , " " " illustrated, 27

Kurdish rugs distinguished from Kurdistans, 55

Kurdistan carpets, 95, 96
" rugs, 55, 56

Kurds, "a band of robbers," 55

Ladik rugs, 72
" " , characteristic border of described, 72
" " , " " " illustrated, 25

Lamp, Aladdin's, 71

Lamps like tea-pots in Koulahs, 72

Malgara rugs, 88

"Mats," Anatolian, 73, 74
" , Beluchistan, 85

"Mecca" rugs, doubtful term, 3
" " , Shiraz, so called, 51

Melez rugs, 74, 75

Mohammedan dating, 125, 126

Moth holes to be looked for in buying rugs, 133

Moths to be guarded against, 140

Mousul rugs, 53
" " , shimmer of, 84

Museums, best rugs in, 6
" , brown Bokharas only in, 81
" , guide-posts to, 73

Mysterious inscriptions, 123

Mystery of the rug, 2

Names of rugs, 8, 9
" " " , commercial, 56
" " " , importance of, 14
" " " , unknown and fanciful, 14

Oushak carpets, 98

Pattern, _see_ Design

Persia, inspiration drawn from, 69

"Persian Iran," ignorant term, 15

Persian, means splendour, 6

Persian rugs, best to buy, 45
" " , order of, 15

Pile, depth of, in Mousuls, 84

Pillow, shown by selvedge, 101

Pillows, Sehna, 101

Prayer rugs, 71
" " , comb in, 135

Rose, conventionalized, 53
" , Oriental origin, 54
" , Persian, 52

Rugs, beating of, 137
" , cheap, uses and value of, 66
" , cleaning of, 137
" , firm, that lie well, desirable, 134
" , folding of, 141
" , holes in, 133
" , hung on wall, criticised, 102, 134
" , moths in, 140
" , much worn, to be avoided, 133
" , neglect of, 141
" , number annually imported, 114, 115, 116
" , painted or doctored, test for, 134
" , retail trade in, 113
" , tricks in selling, 135
" , washing of, 138, 139, 140
" , wholesale dealers in, 114, 117

Russian, types of, in Caucasian rugs, 63, 65

Saddle-bag, 98
" " , shown by selvedge, 101
" " , term confusing, 100

Saddle-cloth, 102

Samarkand rugs, 87

Sarak rugs, 57

Selvedge, cutting of in Beluchistans, 85
" " " " Bergamas, 76
" of Bergamas, 84
" " Beluchistans, 28
" " Bokh