Quarterly Scientific-Research Goljaam

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Iran is an ancient country with very rich culture, art, and history.  People who reside there have different cultures and religions. One of the most important and classical art in Iran is carpet which dates return to many years ago. This art has an appropriate background to presents images and symbols that show beliefs, traditions, social changes, religious thought and etc. By various images and patterns on Persian rug, it is a proper commodity for presentation and communication with individuals and societies that are different with each other in the eyes of religion and culture.
The rug that Naser al-Din Shah donated his Jewish doctor, Nur Mohammad, is one of these rugs which has religious images and symbols. Nur Mohammad was Jewish doctor of Naseri Court who survived after an attempt, then Naser al-Din Shah presented him with this rug as a gift. So, this is assumed that this carpet is able to communicate with different societies and religions. The purpose of this paper is to reading the symbols and analyzing the concepts of   this rug and answer to this question: What is the relationship between existing images and Judaism principles and doctrines of this rug.
In this paper, by using of discourse analysis which has become an interdisciplinary attitude nowadays, it is endeavored to read these symbols and compare them with the Holy Bible and other available information in written sources, by talking to persons who are aware of Judaism's concepts and patterns.
The results of this research demonstrate that existing images on this rug adopted from the Holy Bible of Jewry and artist demonstrates holiness and importance by using of the Holy Bible's part or parts repeatation, or with painting greater picture of important religious persons who have special importance for Jewry.

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Some years after the Qajar attack to Kerman, Ibrahim Khan Zahir al-Doleh was elected governor of the city. With the beginning of Ibrahim Khan's rule in Kerman, the construction of useful buildings and the improvement of people's livelihood were on his agenda. After that, arts such as carpet weaving, which had lost their prosperity, were revived. The buildings were decorated with colorful tiles and the houses were decorated with handmade carpets. Therefore, these arts had a special place. Due to the prosperity of these arts, the question arises whether there are similarities in the decoration of the tiles used in the buildings of this period, including Ebrahim Khan School and Kerman carpet designs, and assuming similarities, this effect and effects up to How much has it been? The answers to these questions show the evolution of motifs and how they function in different arts. The method of this research is analytical-comparative and by studying library sources and examining images, it tries to identify, classify, analyze and adapt patterns. Finally, evaluating the elements and motifs used in the designs, in these two branches of Art shows the similarities and differences in the use of patterns.