LAODICEA (Lā-od-i-cē' ä), Latakia. An ancient village of Anatolia, northeast of Konieh, with a population of 22,000. The so-called Ladik rug comes from here.
LARISTAN (Lär-ǐs-tän'), see Niris. A mountainous province in Western Persia.
LULE (Lū' lā). A corruption of the Persian word "roulez," meaning "jewel." A term frequently applied to Bijar rugs.
MADDER. A dye made from the root of the "rubia tinctorum." From it are made a multitude of reds.
MAHAL (Mä' häl). A name given to a class of rugs from Sultanabad. See Persian classification.
MAKSOUD. The name of the weaver of the celebrated Ardebil carpet, which is in the South Kensington Museum.
MECCA, or MEKKA (Měk' kä), "The Heart of Islam." The holy city of the Mohammedans containing the Caaba, visited annually by multitudes of pilgrims. It has a population of 60,000. The name is frequently applied by retailers to Shiraz rugs.
MELES (Mē' lăs). The name given to rugs produced in the Smyrna district. A corruption of the word Milassa, a small town about one hundred miles south of Smyrna. See Turkish classification.
MESHED (Mesh-hed'), Meshad. Capital of the province of Khorasan in Northeastern Persia with a population of 70,000. For description of the so-called Meshed rugs, see Persian classification.
MESOPOTAMIA. Consists of that triangular portion of the southeastern part of Turkey in Asia which lies between the Tigris and the Euphrates. It has an area of 131,000 square miles and a population of only six million.
MILASSA. A town in Anatolia on the coast, about one hundred miles south of Smyrna.
MIR (Mǐr). A village in the district of Sarawan, where it is said that the Mir or Mir Saraband design originated.
MOSUL, Mossoul, Mousoul. A city of Mesopotamia on the Tigris. Kurdish tribes market their rugs here. For a description of the so-called Mosul rug, see Turkish classification.
MUSHKABAD (Mus-ka-bad), Miskabad. A name given to a class of Sultanabad products. See Persian classification.
NIRIS, Laristan, Luristan. Name applied to rugs made by the hillmen in the uplands around the salt lake of Niris in Laristan. See Persian classification.
OUSHAK (Oō'shäk), Oocuak, Ushak. A city of Anatolia, in the province of Aidin, about one hundred miles east of Smyrna.