Location of Manufacture: The city of Shiraz is situated in the south of Persia and is the capital of the Fars province.

Today no carpets or rugs are made in the town, although considering that Shiraz is in the centre of a rug making area for which it is the market town, it is unlikely that rugs were not made there at some time. The term Shiraz, however, is now taken to indicate rugs made by nomadic tribes which inhabit the Fars province and which are marketed at the bazaar in shiraz. These tribes include the Quasghai, Ainalu, Baharlu, Keshkuli and Farsimadan.

General Description: The decoration is nomad in spirit executed in bright colours. The designs are simple, geometric and bold. A characteristic design, a trade mark of Shiraz, is the diamond lozenge employed either on its own or in a series of two or three down the centre of the rug. The diamond is almost invariably in blue, either dark or light, on a red ground closely decorated with stylised plant motifs, a theme which is also taken up by the border. The border itself usually consists of a wide central band flanked by narrow bands. At each end there can be a band of diagonal stripes.

Specification: Loom - horizontal. Warp - wool. Weft - Wool (single or double). Cotton is occasionally used by the semi-nomadic tribes. Pile - Wool. Knot - both Persian and Turkish knots are used, fairly loose, maximum about 100 knots to the square inch. Motifs - nomad. Quality - variable. Colours, red, blue, ground sometimes cream.