Epiphany of Asma’al Hosna in Mehrabi Carpets of Safavid Era

Iranian carpets as a manifestation of Persian art، due to the capabilities of Islamic art، have been a context for epiphany of this art doctrine. Mehrabi carpets of the Golden Age of Persian carpet-waving arts، Safavid era، can br regarded as the flagship model in the manifestations of this art. These carpets often were woven with religious functions and to fulfill religious obligations. Koranic pictographs and Asma’al Hosna along with plant and geometric motifs have covered the context of this carpets. In this study، the expression of epiphany concept and position of Asma’al Hosna in Islamic art are discussed due to analysis of six samples of the Safavid Mehrabi carpets for emphasizing the epiphany of God in this hand-woven carpets. Our findings suggest that: (i) The various manifestations of the divines epiphany are hidden on Mehrabi carpets; and (ii) The calligraphies used in the Safavid carpets contain mystical and Koranic concepts for better approach of worshipers towards God. This research is accomplished with using library resources and qualitative research methods، i. e. analysis –descriptive ones.