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A kilim ( Persian: گلیم gilīm Azerbaijani: kilim کیلیم; Turkish: kilim; Turkmen: kilim) is a flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug traditionally produced in countries of the former Persian Empire, including Iran, but also in the Balkans and the Turkic countries. Kilims can be purely decorative or can function as prayer rugs. Modern kilims ...
A prayer rug or prayer mat is a piece of fabric, sometimes a pile carpet, used by Muslims, some Christians, especially in Orthodox Christianity and some followers of the Baháʼí Faith during prayer. In Islam, a prayer mat is placed between the ground and the worshipper for cleanliness during the various positions of Islamic prayer.
A Turkish kilim is a flat-woven rug from Anatolia.Although the name kilim is sometimes used loosely in the West to include all type of rug such as cicim, palaz, soumak and zili, in fact any type other than pile carpets, the name kilim properly denotes a specific weaving technique.
Monument in Waiting [5] [6] is a collective testimony of the ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Bosnia-Herzegovina, carried out by nationalist extremists during the war of 1992-95, in form of a Kilim, a Bosnian prayer rug. The pattern of this hand-woven kilim tells the story of the systematic devastation of Islamic cultural heritage during the war and ...
Baloch rugs are typically eight feet in length, which made them lighter and easier to transport. [3] Nature, animal figurines, religious beliefs in Baluch prayer rugs, [4] and objects of interest and use by the people of the tribe and the villagers are visualized in these designs. They are mostly designed geometrically with lines and surfaces ...
As for "rug" v "mat", there is not a lot to choose, but "mat" is rather more commonly used. JamesBWatson 19:14, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Prayer mat, per WP:English. --Ankimai 20:37, 19 April 2009 (UTC) Prayer rug (1290 Google Scholar hits) is slightly more common than prayer mat (938