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Ardabil is famous for its trade in silk and carpets. The ancient Ardabil carpets are considered among the best of classical Persian carpets.
The Safavid, with their base in Ardabil, established control over parts of Greater Iran and reasserted the Iranian identity of the region, thus becoming the first native dynasty since the Sasanian Empire to establish a national state officially known as Iran.
Prayer Carpet. The medallion in the center represents inside of the dome with 16 pendants.
Today the Ardabil carpet dominates the main Islamic Art Gallery in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, while its twin is in the LA County Museum of Art. The carpets were located side by side in the shrine.