Baharestan Carpet

The Baharestan carpet (Persian فرش بهارستان, meaning "the spring carpet") was commissioned by Sasanian Shahanshah Khosrow Anūšakrūwān), which was made for the main audience hall of the Sasanian dynastic imperial Palace at Ctesiphon in the province of Khvârvarân (nowadays Iraq).

It was convert|450|ft|m long and convert|90|ft|m wide. It depicted a formal garden. In 637 CE With occupation of Iranian capital, Tyspawn, the Baharestan carpet was taken by the Arabs, cut into small fragments and divided among the victorious soldiers as booty. [al-Tabri, "The history of al-Tabari", vol. XIII(the conquest of Iraq, Southwestern Persia and Egypt), tran. G. H. A. Juynboll, New York (1989), pp.29-36]

According to historians, the famous "Tāqdis throne" was also covered with 30 special Baharestan carpets representing 30 days of a month and four other carpets representing the four seasons of a year. [al-Tabri, "The history of al-Tabari", vol. XIII(the conquest of Iraq, Southwestern Persia and Egypt), tran. G. H. A. Juynboll, New York (1989), pp.29-36]

References

ee also

*Persian carpet