History Of Persian Rugs

The Persian rug is one of the first rugs ever made. Their history dates back to the Achaemenid dynasty, which lasted from 550 BC to 1000 BC. Spread across Europe, Asia and Africa. By 350 BC, historical evidence indicates that the first carpets were made from bamboo and plant stalks growing in the wetlands of Lower Transoxania. In order to create a more complete and superior flooring material, people began to interweave animal hairs to create a kind of mat.

The ground floor rugs seemed suitable for tent dwellers, but were not as comfortable as the rugs sold in Persian rug stores today. For this reason, animal skins were later used as flooring. Weaving this type of carpet is still common among the Kirkiz people. Due to the nomadic lifestyle and preoccupation of the people of Central Asia, people gradually had to use their free time to make cheap and durable floor coverings from twisted wool fibers.

Until recently, most archaeologists believed that today's common pile of his carpets was that he originated in Iran 1,000 years ago and had no precedent anywhere else in the world. However, the discovery of Pazyryk rugs in the tombs of Pazyryk rulers in southern Siberia by a team of Russian archaeologists near the border with Mongolia has led historians to change earlier theories, suggesting that the stacked rug weaving announced that it was traced back to his 500-year-old Pazyryk birth. Christ.

Weaving handmade Persian rugs was an important part of the pre-Islamic Persian world. For example, the vaulted palace of the Sassanian king Khosrow Parviz in Kteifon is said to be covered with golden thread tapestries known as the "Four Seasons of Baharestan". At the rise of Islam in the 8th century, Azerbaijan was the world's largest center for weaving Persian rugs and rough rugs. In addition to carpet looms, a dyeing factory was also set up. This created a thriving industry that existed until the Mongol invasion of Persia. Today all Persian carpet companies do their business thanks to these ancient ancestors. 

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