Editing Kurds (section)

===Weaving===
[[File:Modern Bidjar rug.jpg|thumb|Modern rug from [[Bijar (city)|Bijar]]]]

Kurdish weaving is renowned throughout the world, with fine specimens of both rugs and bags. The most famous Kurdish rugs are [[Bijar rug|those from the Bijar region]], in the Kurdistan Province. Because of the unique way in which the Bijar rugs are woven, they are very stout and durable, hence their appellation as the 'Iron Rugs of Persia'. Exhibiting a wide variety, the Bijar rugs have patterns ranging from floral designs, medallions and animals to other ornaments. They generally have two [[weft]]s, and are very colorful in design.<ref name="Claremont Rug Company">J. D. Winitz '[http://www.claremontrug.com/educational-center/rugtypes/kurdish.aspx Kurdish Rugs]'. Retrieved 7 July 2013.</ref> With an increased interest in these rugs in the last century, and a lesser need for them to be as sturdy as they were, new Bijar rugs are more refined and delicate in design.

Another well-known Kurdish rug is the Senneh rug, which is regarded as the most sophisticated of the Kurdish rugs. They are especially known for their great knot density and high-quality mountain wool.<ref name="Claremont Rug Company"/> They lend their name from the region of [[Sanandaj]]. Throughout other Kurdish regions like [[Kermanshah]], [[Siirt]], [[Malatya]] and [[Bitlis]] rugs were also woven to great extent.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Eagleton|first1=W.|year=1989|title=The Emergence of a Kurdish Rug Type|journal=Oriental Rug Review|volume=9|page=5}}</ref>

Kurdish bags are mainly known from the works of one large tribe: the [[Jaff (Kurdish tribe)|Jaff]]s, living in the border area between Iran and Iraq. These Jaff bags share the same characteristics of Kurdish rugs; very colorful, stout in design, often with medallion patterns. They were especially popular in the West during the 1920s and 1930s.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hopkins|first1=M.|year=1989|title=Diamonds in the Pile|journal=Oriental Rug Review|volume=9|page=5}}</ref>