Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 246
l. Once it was not only an importantmart for wares carried up and down the river, and for vast caravansfrom east and west, but it became noted for its textiles from whichwas derived the name muslin. At length on account of pestilence,misrule, and the sack of armies its population and industries… … ■*- i ./> Plate 3o. Konieh Prayer Rug PERSIAN RUGS 153 tamian valley to the mountain ridges bordering Western Persia.Within this extensive area are large stretches of rich pasture, whereAbraham once fed his flocks, and where each year Kurdish nomadsfrom the north drive their sheep when the…
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