Persian Carpet: The legend of the North West
One of the historical and artistic issues in carpets is the Harati carpets. The main idea of that case is in Taymouri's era. There were carpets that were woven in Harat and would carp he exported to India. During the Safavid era, some inventions occurred in those carpets which have been diminished by Safavid's termination. These carpets had non-broken edges motifs that apparently had no record before and originally were the Haratian painter’s artwork. According to the writer's opinion, this issue is considerable and northwest carpets should figure out as Haratian carpets.

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The History of Photography in Iran
The oldest photo of the world was taken accidentally by Josef Nicephore Niepce the French photographer in 1826. Six years after his death, a person called Loius Daguerre introduced the first scientific method of photography to the world and called it “Daguerreotype" after his own name. In less than three years after the invention of photography, this new phenomenon was introduced to the world. The first photos based on Daguerreotype method were recorded during the Mohammad Shah-e-Ghajar monarchy in mid-December 1942 by Nikolai Pavlov the young Russian diplomat.

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Padlock and padlock industry in Iranian Traditional Culture
By: Parviz Tanavoli
Safety and Guarding are the main reasons to produce padlocks. In history whenever a building was made by men surely there would be a door or a box that demands a padlock. So there would be a good variety of door padlocks and box padlocks and in Iran, the same routine continued and padlocks were one of the most important features related to concepts of safety and security. The door of a house, a shop, a caravanserai, or the gate of a city, there would be a padlock for each of them.

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Iran’s First Photography

The year 1839 A.D. marked the advent of the photography industry in France. The photography industry entered Iran during Mohammad Shah-e-Ghajar's monarchy in 1842. The first cameras were dedicated from Nikolai I, the emperor of Russia, and Queen Elizabeth of England to the Iranian court. The first photograph was taken by Nikolai Pavlov, a Russian diplomat who, for the first time, took some photos in Iran.

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A new look at the angles of the four thousand years history of Persian carpet
"Houshang" King of Persia 2000 years BC ordered to kill predatory animals and their skins for clothes and carpets are produced. Corner on the carpet in most of the Sol researchers, authors, and authors of the rev the field is written. This will cause the points to consider when thinking of expert researchers and writers about it, and a good platform for further research in the categories on the carpet obtained.

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