DESCRIPTION: | The old city in the heart of Mesopotamia, known as Mosul old city In the rugs,which they send to the annual fair near Mosul and to the bazaars in Tiflis, their race traits and their manner of living are plain to be read. The fabrics are exceedingly heavy, which is natural since they are made to be spread upon the ground out of doors. The warp is a three-strand thread of goat’s-hair or brown wool, and the pile about twice as long as that of the Shirvans. There are seldom fewer than forty knots to the square inch, and they are woven from fine wool, which the women of the tribes spin. |
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