<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE Zthes SYSTEM "http://zthes.z3950.org/xml/zthes-05.dtd">  <Zthes><term><termId>31407422</termId><termName>Kirsehir</termName><termType>PT</termType><termNote><![CDATA[ Style of textiles, particularly handwoven floor coverings, usually in a prayer design and made in Kırşehir, a town between Ankara and Kayseri in central Turkey. The typical Kirsehir prayer rug of the 19th century has an elaborately stepped arch above a prayer-niche design, often  fringed with tiny carnations in profile and with a smaller, concentric niche similarly outlined but having a contrasting color. The color scheme mya include rich cherry red, yellow, violet, light blue, prominent greens, terra-cotta, and black-brown. Some of the later rugs show influence of the French Empire style, and the palette was altered by the use of harsher aniline dyes. ]]></termNote><termCreatedDate>2026-03-30 20:49:32</termCreatedDate><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31407423</termId><termName>Kir-Shehr</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31407424</termId><termName>Kirshehir</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>UF</relationType><termId>31407425</termId><termName>Kırşehir</termName><termType>ND</termType></relation><relation><relationType>BT</relationType><termId>31367816</termId><termName>Anatolian Islamic textile styles after Manzikert</termName><termType>PT</termType></relation></term>  </Zthes>