“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime…” ― Khaled Hosseini, The Afghan-American Novelist Do you recall Afghanistan with war, bombs, and bad news? You most probably have heard of the war going on in that country on media. But
Guide To Materials of Persian Rug, A traditional Persian rug is made with purely natural materials such as pure silk, camel hair, cotton, or sheep wool. The pile or surface usually consists of sheep wool. And, the back, or warp, is sheep wool or cotton. This article gives you the recipe for an elegant Persian
Kashan in the center of Iran is home to the Incredible Kashan rug that dates back to the Safavid era. Like most of the Persian rugs, fine silk, silver, and gold brocaded rugs make up the material of this rug, bringing outstanding reputation fo Kashan’s textile products, Zarbaf (gold-woven), and Kilims. This article gives you
Unique to Nain (also romanized as Naein) are some of Iran’s most outstanding monuments: the Jame Mosque [one of the first four mosques built in Iran after the Arab invasion that has a Sassanid fort]; the Pre-Islamic Narej Fortress; a Pirnia traditional house; the Old Bazaar; and the world-renown Nain rug! Besides Nain’s magnificent monuments, the city has gained
Kuba is the capital of the Kuba district in the Azerbaijan Republic and a center of the rug weaving industry. Qadim Kuba [Old Kuba] is a rug company in this town that made rug weaving a tradition in the area. The most famous Kuba Rug, “Golu Chichi,” dates back to 1700 and is currently in
Shirvan is a region of Eastern Transcaucasia, the Azerbaijan Republic. Iran in the south, Armenia in the west, and Daghestan of Russia in the north surround Shirvan. This area has one the finest Azerbaijani rugs that have familiar touches with the compositions of its neighbor peers. This article will tell you anything you need to
Kormanj Rugs, Kurdish people live all over the Iranian plateau. In Khorasan in the Northeast, Kurds have been the warriors of northern mountains for at least the last five centuries. Safavid Kings settled them there to be a shield against Uzbek invaders. But there are still shreds of evidence in Persian administrative texts referring to
Dog Dog in Persian Rug, Dogs are rarely depicted on Persian rugs. Examples are limited to hounds depicted on hunting garden designs, which are normally depicted naturalistically in fine-woven court rugs, and a stylized animal in Qashqai rugs and kilims, usually interpreted as dogs. In a tribal context these minimal dogs should be of shepherd
