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| Ilam Rugs are little known
outside of Iran. I know The Joint Stock Company (Iran Carpet Company)
has a good production of quality carpets in Ilam Province. I strongly
suspect that these rugs are sold as other better know types of rugs
since I never see them in the west.
In addition to the commercial production of better
carpets there is also a production of village and tribal rugs. The
Kilim to the right is a new Kilim based on traditional rug patterns.
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Many of the weavers in Ilam are Luri who
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| Ilam Province is a
challenging sparsely settled area making it one of the poorest
provinces of the Islamic Republic. |
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First Snow fall in Ilam winter of 05/06. |
| The Ilam mountains are home
of the Ilam Inverted Tulips. The are becoming endangered by massive
picking to sell in the city bazaars. |
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Entrance of Ilam's Vaali Castle (IRNA Photo)
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| Ilam Castles Need Extensive
Studies
Archeological studies should be conducted in the
western province of Ilam’s castles to disclose whether they are
strategically linked together or not, an Ilami archeologist observed.
Habibollah Mahmoudian told ISNA that research carried out on the
architectural style and construction materials used in the castles,
which date back from early Islamic era to recent centuries, have
revealed certain similarities. Locations, stuccos, guard chambers and
other installations of the provincial castles have mostly the
characteristics of Islamic architecture, he expanded.
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Vali Fortress in Ilam. The monument dates back to
Qajar era (1796-1925). (IRNA Photo)
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The most important fact about the castles, the
archeologist believes, is that they are tied together like the links in
a chain. The forts protected vast areas of land to the north and south.
Shayaq, Changhouleh, Malekshahi, Meymeh, Kharmeh, Esmail Khan and
Koushk castles, which are located in a sequence in the northwestern
region, form a defense line linking Yazdgerd Castle to the west of
Kerman province, Mahmoudian stated. He called for more archeological
operations to be executed in Kharmeh Castle and its defensive wall,
situated on the peak of Kharmeh Mount and its adjacent highlands. Khan
Fortress in Manasht and Ab-Anbar highlands, overlooking the capital
city of Ilam, are also of special archeological importance, Mahmoudian
stressed. He expressed hope that future studies would help shed more
light on the historic mysteries of these forts.
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