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Studying the Structure of Contemporary Prayer Rugs of Sistan and Baluchestan
Mr Javad Avishi, Dr Zahra Hosseinabadi, Dr Alireza Taheri,
Volume 8, Issue 22 (3-2013)
Abstract
 Prayer rug is one of hand-woven products which have been common in Sistan & Baluchestan from ancient times till now, and it has deep spiritual meanings in addition to visual beauty, which has attracted the researchers to itself, especially native experts of this province in the recent two decades. In order to study the prayer rugs, we will classify them into adoptive, half–adoptive, native and original, new and intuitive groups according to people's authentic beliefs and significant motifs which are used in them. The most common and beautiful ones of these samples are the native designs, which include Mehrabi, frame, domical-minaret and prayer rugs. Questions which are asked in this research are as follows: How is general structure of rug prayer rugs of Sistan & Baluchestan? Which are the most important designs and motifs of Sistan & Baluchestan prayer rugs which have caused their durability? Designs and colors used in rug prayer of Sistan & Baluchestan are affected by nature, people's wishes and regional culture. Generally, prayer rugs' structure and motifs are closely similar in most areas of the regions and they have the some visual and meaningful roots, and the most part of these prayer rugs have geometric shapes. Features of native weaving and common raw materials of the province also have been reviewed in this study. The research methodology is analytic and descriptive, and data collection is done with referring to written and unwritten sources in addition to documented studies. Observation results are obtained from field studies and investigation and analysis of data and pictures is a criterion for identifying prayer rugs and hand-woven products of this province, and can helps for reclamation and protection of native art of this region.

Typology of Natural Motifs of the Kurmanji Kilim
Aigin Mardani, Sadredin Taheri,
Volume 16, Issue 37 (9-2020)
Abstract
After a survey on one hundred and thirty samples of Kurmanji Kilims and extraction of their natural motifs, this study is trying to propose a typology of this motifs and characterize their methods of composition. The data reviewed in this article, have been gathered in a field and documentary research. The patterns of the Kurmanji Kilim can be categorized into four groups: 1. Natural motifs, 2. Motifs derived from tools of everyday life, 3. Abstract motifs, 4. Geometric motifs; which natural motifs are the most numerous and diverse group among them. Due to the Kormanjs dependency on geographic and environmental factors, nature has become a tremendous and mythical power in their minds. Natural motifs in Kurmanji Kilim are classified into three groups: 1. Animal motifs, represented in figurative, imaginary or symbolic styles (such as peacock, duck, chicken, cock, eagle, camel, deer, ram, dog, goat, butterfly, sparrow, fox, etc.); 2. Plant motifs (such as dandelion and different kinds of flowers, trees or herbs); 3. Motifs taken from natural phenomena (such as: star, spring and mountain). Relationship with nature is also obvious in the composition of these motifs on a Kilim. Most of the context patterns are more directly related to the weavers’ everyday life, while margin patterns are usually inspired by the nature around their tribal life or their symbolic and imaginary thoughts.

Iconographic Analysis of Ravar’s "Layla’s Camel" Intra-hybrid Rug
Seyedeh Masoumeh Shahcheragh, Alireza Taheri, Farnoosh Shamili, Abolghasem Dadvar, ,
Volume 16, Issue 38 (2-2021)
Abstract
The pictorial rug of "Layla’s camel" belongs to the Qajar era, in which the central image is occupied by the large body of an "intra-hybrid" camel; the outer shape is realistic and the inside is composed of a large number of small human and animal motifs.
Creating patterns of some creatures in this way became popular in Iranian painting from the Timurid period, which reached its peak and popularity in the Safavid era. This method also was considered in the Mughal art in India at the same time as Safavid.
In this article, the "Layla’s camel" rug is described and analyzed with iconographic approach and using library resources and some scientific websites. The purpose of this study is to introduce a specific example of pictorial carpet and analyze it in a scientific way. In this regard, an attempt has been made to answer these questions:
  1. How can the relation of rug inscriptions with its central image be read?
  2. What is the main theme of the story from the perspective of iconographic analysis?
  3. What is the irony of the collection of animal species that make up the body of "Layla’s camel"?
  4. What do the presence of the angel-harpy and the red-winged dragon symbolically mean in the rug?
Poetic inscriptions in the margin of the rug, in harmony with the pictorial elements of the text, refer to the story of Layla’s wedding with Ibn-Salam and her farewell to Majnun, quoting "Maktabi_e Shirazi". But the main meaning of the story at this stage is the victory of good (Majnun) over evil (Ibn-Salam) by the animals.
The "intra-hybrid" camel also consists of animals that Majnun was accompanied in the mountains and in the desert, but at the same time has a caravan of wedding joy. Also, the image of the angel-harpy in its ancient meaning is a symbol of victory, which refers to the battle of the animals that support Majnun with the dragon – Ibn-Salam– and kill him.
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