Carpet From Funerary Mosque Of Shaykh Safi Al Din

مجموعه آرامگاه و خانقاه شیخ صفی الدین is the tomb of sheikh safi ad din ardabili located in ardabil iran.

Carpet from funerary mosque of shaykh safi al din. Maqsud of kashan the ardabil carpet from the funerary mosque of shaykh safi al din 1540 knotted pile of wool and silk islamic period. Folio from a qur an. The dome of the rock qubbat al sakhra the great mosque or masjid e jameh of isfahan. Part of the carpet s central design is a reference to the interior design of the dome of the sheikh lotfollah mosque in isfahan.

As per tradition the two carpets were gifted to the shrine in arbadil as royal gifts to the shiite rulers. The ardabil carpet was made for the funerary mosque of shaykh safi al din but dates from two centuries after construction of the mosque. The ardabil carpet and the v a. The carpet from the funerary mosque of shaykh safi al din 1540 does not have any human or animal forms on it.

Sheikh safi al din khānegāh and shrine ensemble persian. Location of sheikh safi al din khānegāh and shrine ensemble in iran. Because it was placed inside a mosque. Why ardebil carpet was woven.

The two ardabil carpets were still in the shrine of shaykh safi al din in 1843 when one was seen by two british visitors. When they came to the victoria albert museum in london in the nineteenth century the carpets were in poor shape and the museum decided to sacrifice one carpet in order. Thirty years or more later the shrine suffered an earthquake and the carpets were sold off perhaps to raise funds for repairs. This is the currently selected item.

Completed after about four years weaving during the rule of the safavid shah tahmasp i in 1539 40 probably in tabriz the carpets are considered some of the best of the classical iranian persian school of carpet creation according to the traditional story now rather doubted by historians when new they were placed in the sheikh safi al din khānegāh and shrine ensemble in ardabil but. Paradise in miniature the court of kayumars part 2. In iran they decorated the mosque floors shrines and houses with valuable carpets and hung them on the walls of houses to keep the houses warm in winter. The arbadil carpet is a part of a pair in the victoria and albert museum in london.

Originally two carpets were created. Most of the ottonian churches were burned down in the eleventh century by muslim invaders. A vaulted rectangular recess on a mosque is a n. This reference encloses and is surrounded by floral designs of acanthus carnation and vine that are comparable to those used on the ardabil carpet at the v a.

Jan 20 2013 theenlightenedphilistine. Sultan qaboos grand mosque guidebook. Maqsud of kashan carpet from the funerary mosque of shaykh safi al din ardabil iran 1540 commonly referred to as the ardabil carpet this carpets purchase by the. One of the main sights of ardabil city in northwestern iran is the shrine of sheikh safi al din ardebili who died in 1334.