Nū shā bā d’ s Zī lū : The Earliest Known Zī lū from Islamic Persia

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Ghiasian Mohamad Reza; Mashhadi Noosh Abadi Mohammad

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Journal: TARIKH WA TAMADDUN-I ISLAMI Year:2021 | Volume:17 | Issue:34 Page(s): 109-135

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Nū shā bā d’ s Zī lū : The Earliest Known Zī lū from Islamic Persia

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Ghiasian Mohamad Reza | Mashhadi Noosh Abadi Mohammad | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

Kufic Script

zī

lū

Sufi Prayer Rug

Nū

shā

bā

Islamic art

Abstract

Although zī; lū; production has been mentioned in the historical texts of the tenth century, the surviving examples belong to the sixteenth century onwards. Some scholars have considered a zī; lū; woven in Maybod and dated 808/1405 as the earliest known zī; lū; , but they have mistaken in reading the date and it belongs to the Safavid period. The only known pre-Safavid zī; lū; is preserved in the Hermitage museum. Historians of Islamic art believe that this zī; lū; bears no date and introduce it as one of the masterpieces of Ilkhanid art. This paper with careful scrutiny of both artistic style and inscriptions offers a new suggestion for its weaving date. It can be hypothesized that this zī; lū; has been woven in Ramadan 808/1406 in Nū; shā; bā; d, a small town near Kashan. Thus it can be considered as the earliest dated zilu surviving from Islamic Persia. One of the important questions concerning this zī; lū; addresses its function. Although other scholars considered this flatweave as a saf – carpet with repeated niche designs that may have been intended for large congregational mosques, use of Quranic inscriptions in a carpet, which would be trodden on by feet would have been disrespectful. Regarding the content of the inscriptions shows that it probably was a prayer rug and connects it to sufi circles.

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Ghiasian, Mohamad Reza, & Mashhadi Noosh Abadi, Mohammad. (2021). Nū shā bā d’ s Zī lū : The Earliest Known Zī lū from Islamic Persia. TARIKH WA TAMADDUN-I ISLAMI, 17(34 ), 109-135. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/951519/en

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Ghiasian Mohamad Reza, Mashhadi Noosh Abadi Mohammad. Nū shā bā d’ s Zī lū : The Earliest Known Zī lū from Islamic Persia. TARIKH WA TAMADDUN-I ISLAMI[Internet]. 2021;17(34 ):109-135. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/951519/en

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Mohamad Reza Ghiasian, and Mohammad Mashhadi Noosh Abadi, “Nū shā bā d’ s Zī lū : The Earliest Known Zī lū from Islamic Persia,” TARIKH WA TAMADDUN-I ISLAMI, vol. 17, no. 34 , pp. 109–135, 2021, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/951519/en

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