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  • Number cc436

  • Type Workshop

  • Material Wool

  • Style Pictorial

  • Origin Tabriz

  • Size 76 x 57

  • Age 1923

Story

This is an invaluable historical document, portraying as it does Reza Khan during his brief tenure as Minister of War prior to acceding to the throne as Reza Shah Pahlavi.

The inscription states

ุญุถุฑุช ูŠฺฏุงู†ู‡ ู†ุงุฌูŠ ุงูŠุฑุงู† ุณุฑุฏุงุฑ ุงุณุนุฏ
๐™ƒ๐™–๐™ฏ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™”๐™š๐™œ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™‰๐™–๐™Ÿ๐™ž ๐™„๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™–๐™ง ๐˜ผ๐™จ'๐™–๐™™

๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™€๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ฎ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ค๐™› ๐™„๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™–๐™ง ๐˜ผ๐™จ'๐™–๐™™

(this being his ceremonial title, roughly meaning "Blessed Commander-in-Chief")

The rug has a medal-like layout with the heraldic coat of arms of the Qajar dynasty all round him. Note the distinctively 19th century style ๐’๐ก๐ข๐ซ ๐จ ๐Š๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ (lion and sun) emblem. Reza Khan's cap is still that of the Cossack legion he commanded and not yet the royal crown for which he became famous.

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