Abstract:
A carpet is a product of arrayed meaningful elements or arranged artistic motifs set together. The practical and spiritual applications of carpet indicate that this Persian art can deliver meanings in different aspects. Carpets have long been used in religious, rituals and funeral ceremonies. Not only are these artistic creations applied for covering various spaces, but also they are dedicated to holy places due to the strong tie they have with lives of Iranian people. Accordingly, this paper studies the carpet dedicated to the Holy Shrine of Imamzadeh Zeid that was woven by the order of Taghi Khan Dorrani, governor of Kerman. This study aims to explore the hidden layers of meaning in the text inscriptions of the carpet and find answers to the followings: What are the implicit meanings that the carpet inscriptions imply? Can we investigate the meaning of the carpet text by using a comparative study? Can we find a significant relationship between the text components and other written texts of the carpet by using an intertextual approach? Here, the research data is obtained from library researches and museum observations and studied in comparative, historical and analytical research methods. Not only does the discovery of implicit and explicit layers of the
inscription describe the relation between the writing order and the pictorial order of the carpet, but also it reveals the public wisdom of the public during Zand era.
Machine summary:
"7 The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism Samaneh Kakavand, Ashraf Al-Sadat Mousavilar/ Bagh- e Nazar, 13 (40):47-56 Introduction The carpets that contain written inscriptions can enlighten many areas beyond the researchers’ prospects.
48 The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism Samaneh Kakavand, Ashraf Al-Sadat Mousavilar/ Bagh- e Nazar, 13 (40):47-56 the carpet inscription is accentuated since it reveals the history of Zand era.
"In recognition of 52 The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism Samaneh Kakavand, Ashraf Al-Sadat Mousavilar/ Bagh- e Nazar, 13 (40):47-56 his services the people of tribe chose Karim, the elder brother, as their chief and entitled him Tushmal (Khan)," (Tanhatan Naseri, 2003: 182).
Taghi Khan’s being compared to Karim The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism 53 Samaneh Kakavand, Ashraf Al-Sadat Mousavilar/ Bagh- e Nazar, 13 (40):47-56 Khan in the carpet inscription and his attribution to Rostam and Sohrab to in historical texts of "world conquering history" book attests this fact in which poet has praising and exaggeration intentions beside assimilation.
According to intertextual approach, there is a meaningful correlation between pictorial sources, written documents of Zand era, the Desert Falcon historical novel and the written texts of The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism 55 Samaneh Kakavand, Ashraf Al-Sadat Mousavilar/ Bagh- e Nazar, 13 (40):47-56 the carpet."