Guide to Hazara Rugs
At one point the Hazara populated the
central highlands of Afghanistan in the area west of
Kabul and east of Herat. For almost 130 years there has
been constant encrochment by the Pashtuns. Who took every
oppertunity to enslave the Hazara and steal their land.
| Long Narrow Kilims One of
the hallmarks of the kilim that the Hazara woce
for indigenous us is that they tend to be long
and narrow. Construction can be either single
interlock tapestry or slit weave tapestry.
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Arabesque
Hazara balisht (pillow) Afghanistan late 19th C
M.Ismail Khan http://hazara.org/denmark/
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