Word: safidian
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...famous Persian rug known as the "Emperor's carpet" which will be on exhibition until Thursday. Entirely aside from the beauty of the rug itself, much of its interest lies in its history. Woven about 1550, probably at Ispahan, it was used in the palace of one of the Safidian monarchs and was later presented to Peter the Great of Russia. In 1698, Peter, wishing to express his appreciation of the hospitality of Leopold I, Emperor of Austria, to whom he had paid a visit presented it to his host, and for many years it hung on the walls...
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