The
Rippon Boswell Moghan Shahsavan Khorjun
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Khorjun (not khorjin) A Khorjun is a double
saddle or donkey bag. Loads are balanced between
the two sides and draped over the back of an
animal. Alternate spellings include khorjin,
Khorjin, Kharjin, Khordjin, and Khurdzhin
A few examples
I have never seen a Turkmen Khorjun that
seemed very old. So then the obvious question is
how long have the Turkmen woven Khorjun. We can
gain insight to this by what other related groups
wove Khorjun. The Turkmen are part of the greater
Oguz group which correlates with a language
Linguists call Southern Turkic. Among the
Oguz/Southern Turkic croup are the Qashqai.
Shahsavan, and the Afshar. Below I have placed
examples of their Khorjun. Since we see Khorjun
in a number of branches it stands to reason that
a tradition of Khorjun weaving predates the
various Oguz splits. Following that line of
reason the scarcity of Turkmen Khorjun may have
more to do with use and need,
This page is part of a cooperative project
with Seyitguly Batyrov of Turkmen
Carpets Online to give a proper spelling of
common Turkmen terms used in describing rugs.
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