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The major guls are joined on upper and lower sides to form 3 columbs.  The outer gul is quartered with orange at the top left and bottom right.  The other two quarters alternate horizontally and vertically between white and dark blue.  Each quarter contains 3 dark red trefoils.  At the centre of each major gul is a multi-coloured 8-pointed star framed by a hooked, stepped cross.  This star and cross form the minor gul and between them, vertically, are further stars, flowerheads and small sprigs.  The flowerheads are sometimes in groups of four.  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Franses and R. Pinner (intro. by Donald King).  Analysis by L. Pinner. Hali 1980, Vol. 2, No. 4, p. 303, 311, 315\r\nCf.: Tzareva (1984) ill. 95 \"Ersari Khali, 19th century.\r\n\r\nAzadi (1975) ill. 8, \"Ersari. First half 19th century\".\r\n\r\nSchurmann (1969) ill. 59, \"Afghan of the Ersari.  Middle of the 19th century\".\r\n\r\nBogolynbov (1970) ill. 27. \"Afghan carpet from Char Vilayet... Turkoman tribes which inhabit north Afghanistan\".  NB. 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