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๐‘ท๐‘จ๐‘ฏ๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ฝ๐‘ฐ ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฌ๐‘ฏ ๐‘พ๐‘ฐ๐‘ป๐‘ฏ ๐‘ช๐‘จ๐‘ด๐‘ฌ๐‘ณ๐‘บ & ๐‘บ๐‘จ๐‘ญ๐‘ญ๐‘น๐‘ถ๐‘ต

  • Number 1792

  • Material Wool

  • Origin Gabbeh

  • Style Animal

  • Type Tribal

  • Size 188 x 132

  • Age 1930

Story

This charming nomadic rug is quite the eye catcher. The corner spandrels are dyed in saffron tone while the stark indigo field presents us with 4 camels and two tantalizing inscriptions. The first is

ูุฑู…ุงูŠุด ุญุงุฌูŠ ุจุงุจุง
๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ซ๐˜ซ๐˜ช ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข

This recalls the famous 19th century adventure novel Hajji Baba of Ispahan, written by James Morier in 1824 and covered in my Oxford PhD dissertation on 18th and 19th century Persian rugs. This also inspired the name of the worldโ€™s oldest and most famous carpet collecting club, the Hajji Baba Club of New York City.

ูŠุงุฏฺฏุงุฑ ุนุตุฑ ูพู‡ู„ูˆูŠ
(In memory and celebration of the Pahlavi age. )

This probably refers either to the recently enthroned Pahlavi Dynasty in Persia or to the ancient empire 2,500 years ago whose language was called Pahlavi (which in Arabic became fahlawi).

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