 The rugs of the white ground group have been attributed to the nearby town of Selendi, based on an Ottoman official price list "(narh defter)" of 1640 which mentions a "white carpet with leopard design".After the 1517 Ottoman conquest of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt, two different cultures merged, as is seen on Mamluk carpets woven after this date.The earlier tradition of the Mamluk carpet used "S" (clockwise) spun and "Z" (anti-clockwise)-plied wool, and a limited palette of colours and shades.