The Analysis of the Celebrities Carpet Safeguarded in the Niavaran Palace; Em phasizing on The Position of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Prophet Jesus (pbub) Based on Janet Wolff”s Opinions

In the Qajar period, carpets with famous names were reproduced on a large scale. The images of explorers, philosophers, prophets and kings are depicted in these carpets, and the last figure in these carpets is dedicated to Napoleon. In every reproduction of these carpets, there are changes in the figures of the first row compared to the original, in the Mahfouz carpet in the Niavaran Palace, which is the sample studied in this research, this change is in addition to the addition of Iranian kings in Around the main field, there is the addition of the image of Jesus and the removal of the image of Prophet Muhammad in the first row. Therefore, this research seeks to answer the question why in the carpet in Niavaran Palace, the figure of Jesus has replaced the figure of Prophet Muhammad in the oval-shaped border and background?To explain the role Muhammad and Muse in famous carpetsResearch method In order to reach the appropriate answer, the research data, which has been collected by the field and documentary method, has been analyzed in a descriptive and analytical way, emphasizing Wolff's opinions.Based on Wolff's point of view, it was concluded that the famous carpet of Niavaran Palace is one of the important productions of the Qajar period, which was created within the discourses of antiquarianism and intellectual currents, which is reflected in the diminution of Islam by removing the Prophet. and by substituting the image of Jesus it implicitly points to the superiority of Christianity. In this work, despite the presence of other figures related to Islam such as Omar, there is a kind of anti-Islamic ideology by removing the prophet of the Islamic world.