Saqinameh Carpet Panel (Nizami Ganjavi )

Come on, a bartender, take me away from May, fill the world with light

(Nizami Ganjavi )

(Nizami Ganjavi, Part I: Sharafnameh, Khames 231)

Saqinamehs were used in the form of cushions (mukhdah) on the couch in the house of master painter Arabzadeh, and when guests were present at the master’s house and each person sat on the couch, one of the saqinamehs was placed on the back of each guest. Since a poem by a famous Iranian poet is woven on each of the saqınamehs, in order to spice up the atmosphere of the party, the master told the fortune of each of the guests based on the poem woven on the back of each person.