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Enjelas
Rugs are commonly seen as a sub group of Hamadan Rugs. It
is common to lump these rugs from Hamadan province and a
number of surrounding provinces which use a single weft
structure as Hamadan Rugs. As I go along I am sorting out
the various groups as best I can. The one common tread
besides the wefts is that most of these groups are woven
by the descendents of Shia refugees who moved south when
the Czarist Russians occupied the Persian Caucasus.
The Enjelas, Enjilas, or Ingilois are
descended from the Ingilois of the Sultanate of Ilisu in
Chartalah (Chechnya). In March
of 1830 the Russian Army seized Chartalah which
started a protracted war with Sultan Daniyal leading his
men in a series of battles against the Rus. The Ingilois
were Georgian Moslems who were held as surf to the
Sultan. At this point they were able to move south into
Persia.
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Enjelas Rug Herati Van-Ham
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If I remember correctly there is a splendid
small Enjelas rug in the alcove of the Secretary
of State's dining room on the top floor of the
main State Department building in Foggy Bottom in
Washington DC. At least it was there when Warren
Christopher was Secretary. Back when the world
was so new and unspoiled. Well before the Bush
years, the dark days. When Colin Powell got in
many things changed. I went up and took pictures
one day but the camera had problems and the
pictures did not come out. Hamadan Rugs can
be very attractive and Enjelas rugs are about the
best. Enjelas
is a village just south of Hamadan and west of
Gombad. It is too small to show up on most maps.
The village is noted for the best quality of
Hamadan Rug.
Just to the north of Enjelas is Everu. Everu
rugs are close in quality to Enjelas rugs but
they are coarser and not quite as pretty.
Nonetheless they are often sold as Enjelas since
Enjelas rugs bring a little more money. Enjelas
rugs are about the finest of the Hamadan rugs at
105 - 130 kpsi. 130 kpsi is equal to 30 Raj as
the Iranians count it and is low for a city rug
but Hamadan rugs are village rugs and that is
very respectable. Everu rugs for example
generally come in at about 90 kpsi. I suspect the
rug to the left may be an Everu.
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Enjelas Rugs use the Hamadan Rug
Weave Single weft is called "Sennah
Baft" or Hamadan
weave. Here the wefts
are rigid and the warps
are sinuous. As you can see in the sketch the wefts
are heavier than the warps.
It is woven with symmetrical knots. Since there
is only one shot of weft between each row of
knots this shows every other warp which makes
these rugs easy to spot.
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