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The
Baharestan Carpet
, or
Bah?r-e Kasr?
(
Persian
:
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, from
Middle Persian
Vah?r-i Khosrow
; meaning "The spring of
Khosrow
"), also known as
Far?-e zamest?n?
("Winter carpet"), and
Bah?rest?n
("Spring garden"), was a large, late
Sasanian
royal carpet, that is now lost, but is known from historical accounts. It most likely covered the floor of the great audience hall of
Taq Kasra
, an
iwan
in the Sasanian capital of
Ctesiphon
.
The carpet was 27m long and 27m wide. Woven of silk, gold, silver, and rare stones, the carpet depicted a splendid garden akin to paradise.
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When Ctesiphon
fell
to the
Arabs
in 637, the carpet was too heavy for the
Iranians
to carry away, which resulted in the carpet being seized by the Arabs.
Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas
, who led the Arab troops during the capture of Ctesiphon, sent the carpet to the
Rashidun
caliph
Umar
, who was in
Medina
. There the carpet was cut into small fragments and divided among the Arabs. One of the Arabs who received a piece of the carpet was
Ali
who, although he did not receive the best piece, managed to sell it for 30,000
dirhams
.
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