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Bakhtiari
Bakhshaish Carpets
Bailey, Julia
Baluchestan Province
Barmakid and the Barmak Family
- The history of the barmakids:
Khalid bin Barmak, who was born in A.H.
87/A.D. 705, was believed to be the son
of an Arab commander. His mother, a
Persian slave girl, had been taken into
the harem after the seizure of Balkh by
the Arab armies, and the boy was later to
be integrated into the Abbasid court and
"adopted" by the Caliphal
family. Whether or not this is historical
fact, it is recognised that royal favour
at the Abbasid court was often expressed
in the form of "adoption" into
the Abbasid household. This was the true
path to power and prestige regardless of
racial origins, and the Barmecide family
is a peerless example of the tradition.
Khalid bin Barmak played an important
role in the formation of the Abbasid
Empire. He is chronicled in The History
of al-Tabari rallying together the
disparate Shi’a groups of Iran,
fostering support for the revolutionary
movement and leading armies into battle
alongside the legendary commanders of the
age. Later, once Abbasid power was firmly
established, Khalid was to play a key
role in the government of the Empire. In
the year A.H. 132/A.D. 749 he was made
chief of the Landtax Bureau, remaining in
that position for at least three years.
He was directly involved in the founding
of Baghdad, and is famous for protesting
against the demolition of Meda'in to
provide building materials for the new
capital city. He is reputed to have said,
"The great Iwan of the Chosroes is
one of the wonders of the world", to
which the Caliph al-Mansur is reputed to
have replied, "It is naught but
thine old love for the Persians!"
(Muir 1984, p.455).
It was after the founding of the city of
Baghdad that Khalid al-Barmaki became the
"righthand man" of the Caliph.
He was promoted to Governor of Mosul, the
previous commander being deliberately
deposed by al-Mansur to make way for
al-Barmaki. Khalid was later entrusted
with the protection of the young Harun
al-Rashid. At Harun's first campaign to
the Bosphorus in A.H 156/A.D. 772, it was
Khalid al-Barmaki who accompanied the
youthful prince.
Harun al Rashid’s continued reliance
upon the Barmaki family would eventually
lead to their downfall, but for many
years Khalid’s heirs basked in the
glory of the Caliph's favour.
Khalid’s son Yahya was tutor to the
young Prince Harun, whilst his grandson
al-Fadhl was even suckled simultaneously
with Harun by the Caliph’s consort.
Later Yahya was to be made wazir, a
position he retained for seventeen years,
a period sometimes referred to as
"the reign of the Barmakids."
Even the office of the seal was soon
under Yahya’s control. In the year
A.H. 176/A.D. 792, al-Fadhl, who also
proved to be a consummate politician, was
made governor of Khurasan whilst his
brother Dja’far was made governor of
the Western provinces. Thus control of
the vast Abbasid Empire was effectively
divided between the two Barmakid
brothers.
The rapid collapse of Barmakid authority
astonished their contemporaries, and no
satisfactory explanation has been
suggested for their fall from grace and
subsequent execution. It is highly
likely, however, that the extent of their
power troubled the Caliph who may have
come to resent and fear their influence. Akhbar
i-Barmakyan Gifts at the Gate, India,
Mughal, Circa 1595-1600
Barry, Don
Bashian Bros. Inc.
Bassam, J. Ph.D.
Seyyed Jalaleddin Bassam,
president of the Carpet Joint Stock
Company
President of Iran Carpet
Company as of November 2005.
Saturday,November 19,2005
Dr J. Bassam the new president of Iran
Carpet Company
Dr Bassam has got PHD in Textile from
Australia.He used to be deputy of Iran
Carpet Research Centre and the head of
group in carpet department in University.
http://www.irancarpet.ir/ShowFullHtmlModule.aspx?ModuleID=457&prePage=/index.aspx
Persian rugs will adorn
Oman's palaces: daily Tehran, April 11,
IRNA
Iran-Oman-Carpets
Palaces in the Persian Gulf Sultanate of
Oman will be adorned with fine Persian
carpets, a morning daily wrote Tuesday
quoting a carpet company official.
Seyyed Jalaleddin Bassam, who is
president of the Carpet Joint Stock
Company, said that his company had
received orders for nine carpets for
Oman's palaces as quoted by the
English-language `Iran Daily'.
He said the sales order is worth USD
440,000 for a total of 250 square meters
of fine handwoven carpets, adding that
the contract has been signed officially
with the government of Oman.
"Some 45 weavers will work on the
project and the carpets will be woven in
the northwestern city of Tabriz,"
where the finest Persian carpets are
produced.
He said the company has launched an
international marketing campaign to
promote its products abroad, and singled
out Oman as one of its longstanding
customers.
According to Iran Daily, Iran exported
USD 370.5 million worth of fine rugs and
carpets from March 2005 to January 2006.
Some 67 percent of carpets sold by the
company during that period went to
Germany, the United States, United Arab
Emirates, Italy and Japan, the daily
added.
Germany imported USD 89.6 million worth
of carpets from Iran during the same
period, exports to the US reached USD
67.2 million while the figures for UAE,
Italy and Japan stood at USD 34.3
million, USD 33.1 million and USD 24
million, respectively, according to the
article.
It further said Iran exported a total of
USD 248 million worth of rugs to the five
afore-stated countries.
The figure is 10 percent higher compared
to the figure released for the same
period in the previous year, it added.
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-237/0604115739135101.htm
Bendas, Nick and Dianne
Berke
Berkey, Jonathan P.
Bessarabian Kelim
- Flatwoven rug made in a part of the
Ukraine that once was part of Romania.
Bier Carol
Blackmon, James.
Blau, Doris Leslie
The Aija Blitte Collection Torba
Bonhams & Butterfields
Borch, Gerard ter
Borchelu Rugs
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