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Nagel Auction September 7, 2010. Lot 145, Kurdish Kelley, Northwest Persia circa 1780. 421 cm x 186 cm (14 feet x 6 feet 2 inches). Full catalogue online now www.auction.de

After the defeat  ...
Nagel Auction September 7, 2010. Lot 145, Kurdish Kelley, Northwest Persia circa 1780. 421 cm x 186 cm (14 feet x 6 feet 2 inches). Full catalogue online now www.auction.de

After the defeat  ...
Nagel Auction September 7, 2010. Lot 145, Kurdish Kelley, Northwest Persia circa 1780. 421 cm x 186 cm (14 feet x 6 feet 2 inches). Full catalogue online now www.auction.de

After the defeat  ...
Nagel Auction September 7, 2010. Lot 145, Kurdish Kelley, Northwest Persia circa 1780. 421 cm x 186 cm (14 feet x 6 feet 2 inches). Full catalogue online now www.auction.de After the defeat of the Ottoman Sultans Army near Vienna in 1683 the Sultans and the Emirs abandonded their quest for teritorial and political expanssion. The Treaty (Peace) of Karlowitz (Karlovci) was signed on 26 January 1699 in Sremski Karlovci (Serbian Cyrillic: Сремски Карловци, Croatian: Srijemski Karlovci, German: Karlowitz, Turkish: Karlofça, Hungarian: Karlóca), a town in modern-day Serbia, concluding the Austro-Ottoman War of 1683–1697 in which the Ottoman side had finally been defeated at the Battle of Zenta and expelled from the Hungarian Kingdom after almost one and a half centuries of occupation. Following a two-month congress between the Ottoman Empire on one side and the Holy League of 1684, a coalition of various European powers including the Habsburg Monarchy, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Republic of Venice and Peter i of Russia[1], a treaty was signed on 26 January 1699. Austria received all of Hungary and Transylvania except the Banat. Venice obtained most of Dalmatia along with the Morea (the Peloponnesus peninsula in southern Greece). Poland recovered Podolia. Turkey retained Belgrade. The Treaty of Karlowitz marked the beginning of the Ottoman decline, and made the Habsburg Monarchy the dominant power in Southeastern Europe, despite considerable Hungarian discontent with the Habsburg monarchy which had been imposed upon her. The totalitarian grip of the central Ottoman goverment on the whole empire loosend as a result and for the first time for centuries the provinces gained liberties. This was reflected in the emergence of regional styles in art for example. Especially for the Kurds in Eastern Anatolia this marked a period of more autonomy, prosperity and independance. Parallel to the development in the West the Safavid Persian Empire in the east was failing. Soltan Hosein (1694–1722) in particular was known for his love of wine and disinterest in governance. So the pressure from the east was less for the Kurds. This period of calm lasted just into the early 19th century, when new ambitions from Zarist Russia in the north, (Russo-Turkish War of 1828-29), and the new Qajar Dynasty (from 1794 onwards) increased the pressure on the Kurds. After the Russo-Turkish war the Kurds tried to free themselves from Turkish control, and in 1834, after the Bedirkhan clan uprising, the Ottoman goverment regarded it neccessary to reduce them to subjection. This was done by Reshid Pasha, also a kurd. The principal towns were strongly garrisoned, and many of the Kurd beys were replaced by Turkish governors. a rising under Bedr Khan Bey in 1843 was firmly repressed, and after the Crimean War the Turks strengthened their hold on the country. So the timespan when these great Persian rugs were woven is narrow. They rarely appear on the market, even rarer in attractive condition. For me one of the most facinateing groop of Oriental Carpets. Hans Homm, August 31, 2010
price:  Catalogue Price € 3000