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A BAKHTIARI CARPET INSCRIPTIONS:
WEST PERSIA, DATED AH 1324/1906-07 AD farmayesh-e janab sayyed mohammad taqi farzand-e sayyed ebrahim fi shahr
shawwal sana 1324, ‘Order of His Excellence Sayyid Muhammad Taqi, sone of
Full pile throughout, a couple of minute holes, overall excellent condition Sayyid Ibrahim, in the month of Shawwal year 1324’
19ft. x 11ft.3in. (580cm. x 345cm.)
£10,000-15,000 US$15,000-21,000 Below, in reverse, farmayesh-e janab [al-sayyed] mohammad bin [...] al-hajj
€12,000-17,000 [ramazan shahr-e] dehkord sana 13 … ‘Order of His Excellence [al-Sayyid]
Muhammad ibn [...] al-Hajj [Ramazan, town of] Dehkord, year 13…'

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