AHAR

Ahar is a small village in North-western Iran in the region near Tabriz and Gharabagh. The people are mainly Turk-Persians with some semi-nomadic habits. Their mountainous district is one of the oldest states of Azerbaijan. It was the battlefield between Babak Khorramdeen and his followers against the Arab soldiers, for 20 years during the third century AH. The town of Ahar was also the headquarter of the chief commander, Abbas Mirza, during the battle between Iran and Russia during the late Qajar period.

The carpets from AHAR have beautiful semi nomadic look. The most famous design is Heriz, which is the main production of the region. They do have one medallion in the centre and smaller medallions inside each other. The quality of AHAR carpets varies. The older carpets seem to have better quality (before 1945). Now the quality of AHAR carpet is not as good as TABRIZ or HERIZ. AHAR produce lots of carpet that are getting sold all around the world as TABRIZ or HERIZ. Always check the border AHAR carpets usually do not have straight line as you can see in good TABRIZ or HERIZ.

The AHAR carpets have different sizes and most of them are mid size (4x6 to 8x10 feet) but you can also find large rugs up to (10 x 18 feet). These carpets are woven with cotton warps and wefts in either cotton or wool. Common colours used are mainly earth tones including rust, warm reds and taupes. Weavers in AHAR are using Persian knots, so you should check the back of the carpet. The numbers of Knots varies and depend of the quality of carpet but the average is around 120 KPSI (30 RAJ) up to 475 KPSI (60 RAJ).

273 x 192 cm