Number 1753
Type Workshop
Material Wool
Style Medallion
Origin Senneh
Size 94 x 66
Age 1285 (1867)
A major historical document, this incredibly fine Senneh was woven sideways and bears a very important inscription:
ูุฑู
ุงูุด ููุงุจ ู
ุนุชู
ุฏ ุงูุฏููุฉ ุฏุงู
ุงูุจุงูู ูกูขูจูฅ
๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ฎ ๐๐ค'๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ผ๐ก-๐ฟ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐, ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง, ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง 1285
As I explain in the catalog accompanying the Louvre exhibition ๐'๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ, Farhad Mirza (Mo'tamed Al-Dowleh) was Nassereddine Shah Qajar's brother and a ferocious military general. He was entrusted in 1867 with reconquering the Ardalan Principality which had grown too autonomous from the Qajar court. He marched into the provincial capital of Senneh and brought the province of Kurdistan back into Persian sway. This carpet -- as well as the XXL flowery masterpiece I exhibited at the Louvre -- was created by his order as a triumphal monument, a woven statement of conquest and power. The year it was woven in corresponds to that.
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