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| | Richard E. Wright Research Reports: Ardebil Shrine |
 | | The home of the Ardebil carpet was the buildings complex which contained the tomb of the Safavid patriarch, Sheik Suffee-a-dun. |
 | | He also took the trouble to give a thumbnail sketch of the Shrine's holdings: farms and dairies, 200 houses in Ardebil, 9 public baths, 8 caravanserai, 100 shops, and 30 towns or villages; property in Kashan, Giliam, and Tabriz, the latter consisting of 60 houses, 100 shops, and 2 villages. |
 | | And, to the extent the Ardebil which Olearius saw resembled the Ardebil in the first Safavid flowering under Ismael, it should be on the list of point of origin possibilities (best headed by Tabriz) for the carpet now in the Victoria and Albert Museum. |
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