d in India, 35;
designs in Persian, 37, 38;
designs in modern Oriental, 38;
proportion between size and design, 39;
replace skins in Egypt, 51;
modern Egyptian, 51;
imported into Egypt, 52;
Cairo emporium for sale of, 52;
antique Persian, 53;
Shah Abbas's encouragement of rug-weaving, 53;
value of Shah Abbas rugs, 53;
decline and growth of industry in Persia, 54;
use of, in Persia, 54;
durability of, 54;
district where woven determined by design and fabric, 55, 88;
value of trade to Persia, 55, 56;
export and import duties upon, 56;
firms prosecute trade in, 56, 57;
quality and design of modern Persian, 57;
characteristics of Persian, 58-70;
value in Orient, 70;
characteristics of Turkish, 71-83;
use of, in Turkey, 72;
in Constantinople market, 72, 73;
characteristics of Indian, 87-94;
less expensive than Persian, 88;
Indian gold-embroidered state rugs, 89;
Lord Clive's rug, 89;
rugs have replaced shawls in Kashmir, 89;
rugs of Afghanistan, 95, 96;
of Beluchistan, 97;
Turkoman rugs, 98-104;
Caucasian rugs, 105-108;
rugs of Holy Land, 111, 112;
of China, 113-115;
of Japan, 116;
Khilim, 117, 118;
Polish, 119;
prayer, 120-122;
silk, 123-125;
felt, 126, 127;
hunting, Persian, 128;
Greek, 132, 133;
Moorish and Spanish, 134, 135;
Bosnian, Servian, Roumanian, and Bulgarian, 136, 137;
English, 138-140;
French, 141, 142;
United States, 143-149;
inscriptions on, 153-155;
Oriental symbols on, 156-162;
meanings of place-names associated with, 162, 163.

Running hook design, 41.

Russian Empire, place-names, 168.

Rustan Khan, 165, 173.

Ryan, Charles, 177.

S

S-form design, 43.

Sabatos rugs, 144, 145.

Saddlebags, rug-woven, 60.

Saffron, 44, 48.

Safieta, 169.

Safita, 174.

Sail of a vessel, symbolism of, 159.

St. Clement, legendary discoverer of felt, 126, 127.

Sakai, 167, 174.

Samarkand rugs, 102 (and plate), 125;
meaning of _Samarkand_, 163;
spelling, 168, 174.

Saraband rugs, 42, 59, 66.

Saracens, their conquest and influence, 19;
origin of name, 20;
introduced tapestries to France, 141.

Sarakhs rugs, 58 (and plate), 67;
spelling, 174.

Sarawan, 67, 165, 174.

Sarik tribe, 98.

Saruk rugs, 67.

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