Asiatic cheetahs are
becoming increasingly are in Asia. This cheetah was
photographed in Iran in 2006 where the Government is
working to save this endangered specie.
detail of the The Widener
Mughal Animal Carpet
This carpet was designed circa 1695 by the Hindi
artist Miskin. As we can see in the above detail Asiatic
cheetahs were visible at the Mughal court in the 17th
century
Asiatic cheetahs are seen in this 2005
photo taken by camera traps in Dareh Anjir, in an
isolated area of Iran. Asiatic cheetahs went extinct
throughout much of the Middle East about 100 years ago,
though they occurred in Saudi Arabia until the 1950s.
They vanished in India in 1947; spotty records claim they
ranged in Central Asia as far as Kazakhstan from the
1960s through 1980s. (I.R.Doe/WCS/UNDP/CACP)
usinfo.state.gov
The Islamic Republic of Iran is fighting a difficult
battle to preserve the specie by preserving the habitat.
The Asiatic Cheetah was thought to be extinct in southern
Iran but recently they have been spotted again.
Mughal
Design Influences in Turkmen Weaving
The only clearly Turkmen designs
represented on this very old asmalyk are the four ashiks
serving as terminal heads for the zoomorphic 'animal
trees'. Given the idea that some Turkmen weavings were
reserved for special occasions or even possibly served as
integral parts of Turkmen cult worship, it's interesting
to speculate for which purpose this very unique asmaldyk
might have once been used.
Mughal
Design Influences in Turkmen Weaving
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