Turkmen tribe surrounded a part of Central Asia, mainly Turkmenistan country, north and northeast of Iran, and northwest of Afghanistan, speaking in Turkmen language and primarily living a nomadic life. The Persian Turkmen tribe has different clans, such as Yomut, Ersari Saryk, and Tekke, with different rules, flags, and unique productions. Their geographic situation and horse breeding care caused various carpets to be produced for different uses and places like beautiful, unique horse supplies, tent curtains, floor rugs, and cushions.
Among other
styles, Turkmen rug (also known as Turkoman rug) designs have remarkable unity and harmony with limited well-dyed colors that show their impellent and militant natures. As they migrate, their looms are horizontal and portable and make small sizes carpets with wooly piles and cotton warp and weft and natural dyeing with herbs and vegetables from meadows in their environment. Colors and motifs are nearly limited but unique and include geometrical shapes as an abstract form of flowers in mostly Red and black colors. Like other tribal rugs, the source of all Persian Turkmen rug designs is the weaver's mind.
One of the most popular carpets of Turkmen tribes that mainly is produced and woven by Tekke family is Bokhara rug. The "Bokhara" pattern is one of the original designs in Turkmen carpets woven by Tekke clans in a red or tan background with Gul motifs.