Handmade prayer carpet through history
By: preface, Halit Eren ; prepared for publication, Nazeih Taleb Maarouf = Riḥlah maʻa sajjādat al-ṣalāh ʻabra al-tārīkh / taqdīm, Khālid Aran ; aʻaddahu lil-nashr, Nazīh Ṭālib Maʻrūf
Series: Islamic craft series -- no. 12; Islamic crafts series -- 12.
Publisher: OIC-Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA)
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Istanbul
Language: eng; ara
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9789290632771
Subjects: Prayer Rugs; Exhibitions; Islamic rugs
Other titles: Riḥlah maʻa sajjādat al-ṣalāh ʻabra al-tārīkh
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held in Kuwait, 2013-2014.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English and Arabic.
Table of contents: title: Handmade prayer carpet through history / Nazeih Taleb Maarouf; title: Magic and belief in sacral force of prayer carpets / Ajap Bayriyeva; title: Anatolian kilims and prayer rugs / Musa Basaran; title: Samples of prayer carpets of Azerbaijan, from the works of the carpet weaver artisan Fatima Aghamirzaeva, Azerbaijan; title: Samples of prayer carpets of Iran, from the works of the carpet weaver artisan Mitra Razavi, Iran; title: Samples of prayer carpets of Kyrgyzstan, from the works of the carpet weaver artisan Nurubu Maripova, Kyrgyzstan; title: Samples of prayer carpets of Uzbekistan, from the works of the carpet weaver artisan Mamajan Radjapova, Uzbekistan; title: Samples of prayer carpets (zarbiya) of Algeria, from the works of the carpet and kilim weaver artisan Safia Timezghine; title: Samples of prayer carpets of Egypt, from the works of the carpet weaver artisan Zakariya Abu Saʻda; title: Samples of prayer carpets (zarbiya) of Mauritania, from the works of the carpet weaver artisan Taslem Tahmane; title: Samples of prayer carpets (zarbiya) of Morocco, from the works of the carpet weaver artisan Amal Al Saghiouri; title: Samples of prayer carpets (zarbiya) of Tunisia, from the works of the carpet weaver artisan and designer Najet Salem.