Shekargah (hunting design) شکارگاه

Shekargah (Persian 'hunting ground') is a design of mounted hunters pursuing animals through a landscape of trees and flowering plants. It goes back to Safavid carpets such as the Milan hunting carpet in the Poldi Pezzoli Museum, one of the few Safavid carpets with a woven date, read as either 1522 or 1542.

Also Shikargah · hunting carpet · hunting scene · hunt

See also Pictorial rug, Animals and figures

Last reviewed November 2026