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A Baktiari prayer rug, Central Persia,
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- A Baktiari prayer rug
- approximately 207 by 133cm., 6ft. 10in. by 4ft. 5in.
with an inscription panel, the inscription reading:
'farmayesh-e janab-e jalalatma¹ab-e ajall aqa-ye najafquli khan samsam al-saltana ilkhani Œamal-e bakhtiyari fi shahr-e rabi¹ al-mawlud sana 1305'
“Commissioned by His Excellency, the exalted, the glorious Najafquli Khan Samsam al-Saltana the Chief of the tribe. The work of Bakhtiyari in the month of Rabi¹ I, the year 1305 (AD November-December 1887)”
'farmayesh-e janab-e jalalatma¹ab-e ajall aqa-ye najafquli khan samsam al-saltana ilkhani Œamal-e bakhtiyari fi shahr-e rabi¹ al-mawlud sana 1305'
“Commissioned by His Excellency, the exalted, the glorious Najafquli Khan Samsam al-Saltana the Chief of the tribe. The work of Bakhtiyari in the month of Rabi¹ I, the year 1305 (AD November-December 1887)”
Catalogue Note
Najafquli Khan Bakhtiyari, titled Samsam al-Saltana (1267-1349/1850-1930) was the chief of the Bakhtiyari tribe and a governor of Isfahan. He moved to Tehran after the Constitution had been established and was appointed the Minister of Finance in 1329/1911-12. Later he held the posts of Minister of War (twice), Interior Minister, (three times) and Prime Minister (seven times).
See, Bamdad, M., Dictionary of National Biography of Iran, Vol. IV, Teheran, 1966, pp.330-32.