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ANTIQUE GANJA (GENJE, GENDJE, GENDGE) FAKHRALI PRAYER RUGS

 

Antique Genje (Gendje) Fakhrali prayer rug. published in Oriental Rug Review Magazine. dated AH1222 (1807AD)
AH 1222 (=1807 ad) dated Genje (Gendje) Fakhrali namazlig (prayer rug). post-Khanate Period. Belongs to the period right after the ocupation of the Genje Kahante by the Russian Empire Army. published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer rug, plate 31. Size: 100x140cm


Antique Genje (Gendje) Fakhrali prayer rug, dated AH1242 (1827 ad). Rudnick Collection
Genje (Gendje) namazlig (prayer rug). third quarter 19th century (1850-75). Elisabethpol Governorate (Елизаветпольская губерния). published Ralph Kaffel's Caucasian Prayer rug, plate 21. Size: 90x133cm