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Konya - Persian and oriental rug guide

KONYA

Konya, the capital city of the province of the same name, has a population of about 330,000 and is situated at about 1000 meters in the upper basin of the Çarsamba river in central Anatolia. The city's bazaar is an important centre where one can find rugs from all Central Anatolia which are often erroneously called Konya. In any case, this is the most important textile city in the region. It is also the home of a carpet museum that is housed in a  wing of the mausoleum of Mevlâna, an important poet and mystic who lived in the 13th century and was the founder of the Sufi sect known as the Meveli or "Whirling Dervishes" for whom the most effective means of contact with the divine was music and dancing. The museum conserves important rugs from the Ottoman and Seljuk periods. Rug production is quite varied, contemporary products include many with geometric patterns knotted entirely in wool with symmetrical knots. The knot density is limited, the pile is high and the colours are soft. There are also rugs with "prayer" motifs such as those made in many other Anatolian provinces.