Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool... - Lot 221 - Vasari Auction

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Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool... - Lot 221 - Vasari Auction
Kirman carpet (cotton warp and weft, wool pile), Southeast Persia, circa 1920 190 X 141 This carpet has a figurative scene telling the story of Leila and Majnun. Origin: It is a popular love story of Arabian origin relating the adventures concerning the Bedouin poet Qays ibn al-Moullawwah and his cousin Layla al-Amiriyya. The story of Majnoun and Layla is very old. This story, which is plausible but whose veracity remains disputed, is one of the best known in the large basin of influence of the Arab-Islamic civilization (Maghreb, Mashreq, Arabian Gulf, Persia, Central Asia, India) and has inspired many Muslim writers and artists such as Nizami, Djami, Fuzuli, Navoi and Ahmed Shawqi over the centuries. The Persian adaptation of Nizami dating from the 12th century has strongly contributed to its wide diffusion in the Asian continent. In the Middle East, Central Asia, among Arabs, Turks, Afghans, Tajiks, Kurds, Indians, Pakistanis and Azeris, it is the most popular love story. It has its roots among the Bedouin Arabs of Iraq in the 7th century. The Arabs propagated it during their travels and conquests. History: Long ago, the handsome Qais, son of an illustrious Bedouin family, falls madly in love with his cousin Leila. The young man is a poet and can't help but sing his love to all winds. He expresses without restraint his wish to marry the beautiful Leïla. But among the Bedouins, it is traditionally the fathers who settle the marriages. The desire shouted by Qaïs is a shadow on their authority and they refuse this union. He uses his poems as a weapon against the power. Leïla's family then obtains permission from the Caliph to kill the arrogant lover. The Caliph brings Leila to see such a great beauty. He discovers with surprise that she is a rather thin young woman, with a sunburned complexion. He then decides to send for Qaïs and asks him: "Why do you like this woman who has nothing extraordinary? She is less beautiful than the least beautiful of my women. And Qaïs answers: "It is because you do not have my eyes. I see her beauty and my love for her is infinite." Qaïs' family asked Leïla in marriage for fifty camels. But Leila's father refused. Qaïs lost his mind. His father takes him to Mecca to recover his senses, but the young man hears a voice shouting the name of his love. His obsession is such that he is called the majnoun (the madman) of Leïla. One day Majnoun is quietly at home, dreaming of his love, a friend comes to warn him that Leïla is in front of his door. The crazy poet's only answer is: "Tell him to go on his way because Leïla would prevent me for a moment from thinking about Leïla's love." Some time later, Leïla got married and left the region. Majnoun went to live in the desert with the wild animals. Some claimed to have seen him eating grass with the gazelles. One day, his lifeless body was discovered, protecting a final poem dedicated to his love Good condition
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