The field guide · Tribes and weaving peoples
Shahsavan شاهسون
The Shahsavan are a confederacy of Turkic-speaking tribes in north-west Iran who winter on the Moghan steppe and summer on the slopes of Mount Sabalan, in the districts of Ardabil, Meshkin and Sarab; other groups live between Zanjan and Qazvin. Their women wove mainly kilims, soumaks and bags, including mafrash packs, in geometric designs. Much of this work was sold as 'Kurdish' or 'Caucasian' until the 1970s.
Also Shahsevan · Shahseven · Shahsevan nomads · Elsevan
See also Azarbaijan, Ardabil, Sarab, Mafrash
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