A Comprative Study of the Pattern and Design Structure of Khorasan’s Kurdi Carpets and Baluchi Carpets of Sistan and Baluchestan Province

Due to the existence of a plethora of tribes, Iran possesses unique characteristics in carpet weaving. The main issue in this article is the similarity of pattern and design between Khorasan’s Kurdi carpets and Baluchi ones in Sistan and Baluchestan province. This study aims to answer the following questions: A) What is the structure of pattern and design of Khorasan’s Kurdi carpets and those of Sistan and Baluchestan’s? and B) What similarities exist between the pattern and design of Khorasan’s Kurdi carpets and those of Baluchi’s in Sistan and Baluchestan province? This study also tries to investigate the shared structures between Khorasan’s Kurdi carpets and those of Baluchi’s in Sistan and Baluchestan province. This study is analytic – descriptive with a comparative design. The data pool consists of samples from two regions of Khorasan Kurds and Baluchis of Sistan Baluchestan province. To this aim, 10 samples from Khorasan Kurdi carpets and 10 samples from Baluch carpets were purposefully selected for the analysis. The data for this study were collected through field and library studies. The results indicate that the residence of various tribes such as Baluch in Khorasan has led to an impact on the weaving traditions in this region like patterning. The analysis of the samples shows noticeable similarities in the patterns used in the main text and borders of the carpets from the two regions. The use of Nargess border patterns in Khorasan Kurdi carpets and Kajaveh patterns in Baluchi carpets of Sistan Baluchestan province, the unity and similarity of figures in the main text and borders, the lack of cornering, the density of figures in the borders and the use of various decorative chain designs are among the shared features of the carpets from the two regions under investigation