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	High Quality Tabriz Persian Rugs, Nain Oriental Carpets, Silk Qom Rug Carpet
		All Qom rugs are made from pure silk and have a minimum 700 KPSI and more!
		Among the most common Persian picture carpets are the hunting scenes like in the Qom rug to the right and scenic pictures like the Tabriz carpet to the left.
		The Qom rugs that I offer are all pure silk and are the of the very high quality.
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	Qom
		Qom is connected by road and rail to Teheran 200 km north, Kashan 100 km southeast, Yazd 500 km southeast and Esfahan 300 km south.
		Qom is a sacred city for Shi'i Islam, and has a golden-domed shrine from the 9th century, that is built around the tomb of Fatima, Imam Reza's sister.
		Qom has the largest madrasa, or theological college, in the country, and has been the leading centre for Twelver Shi'i theology in recent decades.
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	Qom travel guide - Wikitravel
		Qom is one of the most holiest cities in Iran and the middle East and is entrenched in centuries of history.
		Qom is also known for the unique and beautiful silk rugs which are famous worldwide for their unique silk and patterns.
		Qom is one of the holiest cities in Iran and the Middle East, and as such be aware that Islamic customs and values are more likely to be important here than elsewhere in Iran.
	wikitravel.org /en/Qom (678 words)

	Iranian Provinces: Qom
		The climate of Qom province varies between a desert and semi-desert climate, and comprises of mountainous areas, foothills and plains.
		It was during the reign of the second caliph Omar, that Qom's center was captured by the Muslims.
		Today, the city of Qom is considered as one of the focal centers of the Shiism both in Iran and round the globe.
	www.iranchamber.com /provinces/02_qom/02_qom.php (536 words)

	Qom - WikIran
		Qom further sustained damages during the reigns of Nadir Shah and the conflicts between the two households of Zandieh and Qajariyeh in order to gain power over Iran.
		Imamzadeh Shah Ahmad Qasem is the shrine of a descendant of Imam Jafar Sadeq.
		Qom space center is, along with the Emamshahr space center, one of two places where the Iranian Space Agency is launching its suborbital Shahab 3s space rockets.
	www.wikiran.org /wiki/Qom (932 words)

	Qom - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Qom, city in central Iran, and administrative center of Qom province.
		Located about 120 km (about 75 mi) south of the capital city of Tehrān, Qom is...
		It is one of the sacred cities of Iran and a center of pilgrimage for Shiite Muslims.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Qom.html (88 words)

	Qom
		Qom is connected by road and rail to Teheran 200 km north, Kashan 100 km southeast, Yazd 500 km southeast and Esfahan 300 km south.
		Qom is a sacred city for Shi'i Islam, and has a golden-domed shrine from the 9th century, that is built around the tomb of Fatima, Imam Reza's sister.
		Qom has the largest madrasa, or theological college, in the country, and has been the leading centre for Twelver Shi'i theology in recent decades.
	i-cias.com /e.o/qom.htm (250 words)

	Qom
		The foundation of the city of Qom, the provincial capital, is attributed to Bahram V called Gur (5th century) and also to Tahmures, the third king of the Pishdadian dynasty.
		Due to the shrine of her holiness Ma'sumeh, the sister of Imam Reza, the eighth Imam of the Shiites, it is of great religious significance, attracting considerable numbers of pilgrims.
		The Mosque of Jamkaran on the road connecting Qom to Kashan is of high prominence among the Shiites.
	www.irantour.org /Iran/province/Qom.html (221 words)

	Qom - Islamiyah (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Architectural discoveries indicate that Qom was a residential area from the 5th millennium BCE.
		For many years, Qom was the home of Ayatollah Khomeini who led Iran during the events that led to the Islamic revolution in 1979 before permanently leaving for Tehran after the revolution.
		Qom is currently the largest center for Shi'a scholarship in the world.
	www.islamiyah.org /index.php?title=Qom (842 words)

	Sogol Tehran Iran tour operator & travel Agency -Persia-Qom religious city
		During the Arab conquests in Iran, Qom was a district of Esfahan and thereby was captured along with the same.
		It was during the reign of Caliph Omar II, that Qom was captured by the Moslems, and was turned into a city due to migration of the Ashari tribe from Kufeh.
		Qom further saw severe damages during the reigns of Nader Shah Afshar, and the conflicts between the two households of Zandieh and Qajar in order to gain power in Iran.
	www.sogol.com /WHP/IINFO/Ready%20%20INT/Qom/Qom.htm (818 words)

	AllRefer.com - Qom, Iran (Iranian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Qom has been a center of the Shiite Muslims since early Islamic times and is the burial place of Fatima al-Masuma (d.
		The city became a center of pilgrimage in the 17th cent., and an imposing shrine was erected over Fatima's tomb.
		Qom was pillaged by the Afghans in 1722, but in the 19th cent.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Q/Qom.html (197 words)

	Iran: Qom Authorities Crack Down On Sufis
		Qom officials say the Sufis had illegally turned a presidential building into a center of worship and had refused to leave it.
		Iran's hard-line daily "Kayhan" on 14 February quoted senior clerics in Qom as saying that Sufism should be eradicated in the city, while the Reuters news agency reported that in September one of Iran's hard-line clerics, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Nuri-Hamedani, called for a clampdown on Sufis in Qom.
		Qom is considered to be one of the centers of Shi'a Islam.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/feb/1135.html (803 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Features, Qom, Azadeh Moaveni
		Qom, a somber, dusty city 120 km south of Tehran, is the most holy corner of Shia theocracy.
		It is the place where the forces of the ailing monarchy sealed their demise by roughing up revolutionary clerics, where the Islamic Republic's most feared dissident is kept under house arrest, where in 1994 doves were slaughtered en masse in a misguided drive for urban renewal.
		Qom's current distinction as a seat of Shia religious power was late blooming; the British occupation of the other Shia holy cities of Najaf and Karbala in Iraq during the second world war unintentionally promoted the city.
	www.iranian.com /Features/2001/May/Qom (1084 words)

	Qom Summary
		Approximately 130 kilometers south of Tehran, Qom is situated in a semiarid interior basin of central Iran along the Qom River, which flows down from the Zagros Mountains, through Qom, and into the large Darya-e Namak salt marsh to the city's east.
		Qom remained a religious center even when the wider region was subjugated by invading Turkic and other armies, although some destruction did occur.
		Qom is considered to be a holy city in Shi'a Islam, as it is the site of the shrine of Hæzræt Fatimah Ma'sumah, sister of Imam ˤAlī ibn-Mūsā Riđā (Persian Imam Reza, 789-816 CE).
	www.bookrags.com /Qom (1508 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Iran: Qom Authorities Crack Down On Sufis
		Qom officials say the Sufis had illegally turned a presidential building into a center of worship and had refused to leave it.
		Iran's hard-line daily "Kayhan" on 14 February quoted senior clerics in Qom as saying that Sufism should be eradicated in the city, while the Reuters news agency reported that in September one of Iran's hard-line clerics, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Nuri-Hamedani, called for a clampdown on Sufis in Qom.
		Qom is considered to be one of the centers of Shi'a Islam.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=14820 (1006 words)

	Persian Qom carpet showcase of pure silk Qom Hunting Rugs; MP Persian Rug Imports
		Qom rugs are very much like other city rugs, in that the quality can range from very low to extremely high and the best known Qom carpets are the pure silk pieces, which are also some of the most expensive Persian rugs you can find.
		Most of the Qom hunting rugs have the riders on the horses and the animals that are being hunted.
		Virtually all Qom rugs are signed, and to produce one of these rugs, the weaver has to be very good.
	www.mprugs.com /qom_hunting_rug.htm (923 words)

	Solomon's Collection & Fine Rugs
		Qoms are so stately that many people hang them on walls.
		Qom silk rugs are one of the most ornate and desired rugs in Iran and around the world.
		Solomon's finest sources: Qom is a holy city located in central Iran south of Tehran, and near Dasht-e-KAVIR, the large salt desert.
	www.solomonrugs.com /solomonlearnqom.htm (275 words)

	Ziaraat.com - Masooma-e-Qom(a.s.) - About
		It is due to the blessed lady Masoomah, that after the city of knowledge Najaf al ashraf the greatest center and learning institute of the Shia world is in Qom, surrounding her holy shrine where more than twenty thousand students, the most learned scholars are busy studying, teaching and conducting research.
		When she reached Saveh, which is about 62 Km from Qom, she learnt the news of shahadat of her brother.
		Ma'soomah passed seven days in Qom suffering from illness until finally she departed from the transient abode on the 10th of Rabi-us-Sani at the age of 18.
	www.ziaraat.com /masqom01.php (636 words)

	qom rugs QOM carpets QUM rug silk rugs Antique silk Persain rugs Oldcarpet.com Information about oriental rugs and ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		QOM (QUM) rugs and carpets come in a variety of colors, but red, blue, and ivory are very common.
		QOM (QUM) rugs are among the finest rugs in the world.
		Second in historical significance only to the arrival of Shiite Islam and its acceptance by the inhabitants of Qom was the arrival of Hazrat Massoumeh, the sister of Imam Reza, the eighth Imam of the Household of the Prophet Mohammed.
	www.oldcarpet.com /qom.htm (420 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs
		QOM - Secular voices in Tehran are adamant: Ninety percent of the political power in Iran is in Qom.
		Certainly not in Qom, but in Tehran reformists refer to him not as grand ayatollah but as "Seyyed Ali Shah" - in an extremely unflattering parallel with the late shah who was ousted in the Islamic revolution.
		Qom was lavished with funds from the Iranian state - attracting teachers and students alike to its well-funded hawza (seminaries and religious schools).
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/GH31Ak03.html (1729 words)

	Iran: Qom Authorities Crack Down On Sufis - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Qom officials say the Sufis had illegally turned a presidential building into a center of worship and had refused to leave it.
		Iran's hard-line daily "Kayhan" on 14 February quoted senior clerics in Qom as saying that Sufism should be eradicated in the city, while the Reuters news agency reported that in September one of Iran's hard-line clerics, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Nuri-Hamedani, called for a clampdown on Sufis in Qom.
		Qom is considered to be one of the centers of Shi'a Islam.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2006/02/2ecd7fd6-2aa1-489a-b2ac-4e64bbd71d50.html (1230 words)

	Qom - Encyclopedia.com
		IRAN, Qom, 01/2003Ayatolla Mohammed Bakhr Hakim, spiritual leader of SCIRI, The Suppreme Council for the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.Praying with supporters in a Husseinia, Shi'a praying (PAR242281)
		The holy city of Qom, students of the famous Coranic Study Center which teaches some of the most militant muslim doctrines that can be found.The traditional class of Ayatollah Mahfouzi, the (PAR13676)
		The holy city of Qom, the Galpogaini Center for Coranic Research, recently equipped with modern computer terminals, where the holy scriptures are entered into computers from original manusc (PAR13683)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Qom.html (589 words)

	Qom
		The city of Qom has, for years, been the host to people interested in Holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Mohammad(Peace be Upon Him and His Progeny) infallible household, coming to the area to visit the holy shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh (A.S.) the noble sister of Hazrat Ali Abn Mousa Al-Reza (A.S.), the 8
		Reference to Qom has been made three times in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, indicating that the city was famous during Sassanid era.
		Pottery dishes and china utensils, silken carpets, lithic objects engraved furniture and steel are among the handicrafts of Qom.
	www.mohajeri.com /qom.htm (240 words)

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		The shrines of Hazrat Ma'soumeh at Qom, is one of the most scared places of Shiite pilgrimage in Iran.
		Qom' s importance as a pilgrimage center dates primarily from the rule of the Safavid arches who, after embracing Shiite Islam, generously endowed its major shrines.
		Qom bazaar caters to the thousands of pilgrims who visit the Shrine of Hazrat Ma'soumeh.
	www.persevoyages.com /iran.qom.htm (117 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Qom
		Qom has been a center of the Shiite Muslims...
		The son of an ayatollah, he received a traditional Islamic education in Qom and in Al-Najaf, Iraq, and also briefly studied political economy and law at Tehran University.
		He received a traditional religious education and settled in Qom 1922, where he became a Shi'ite scholar of some repute and an outspoken opponent first of...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Qom (734 words)

	Qom Jha and Qom Qae - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
		The Qom Qae and the Qom Jha were sentient avians native to the planet Nirauan.
		Both the Qom Qae and the Qom Jha were considered vermin by the Chiss and former Imperial troops who garrisoned the Hand of Thrawn fortress for the Empire of the Hand.
		Qom Qae from Hunter of Wind's nesting, along with Qom Jha from Eater of Fire Creepers's nesting, helped Mara Jade and Luke Skywalker investigate the Hand of Thrawn.
	starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Qom_Jha (515 words)

	Safeguard Omniangels Iran Qom
		Qom (Qum, Kum) is one of the holy cities of the Shi'ite Muslims holy and home to Iran's largest seminary.
		From the time Qom was first captured by Muslims, there have been numerous conflicts between the invading Arabs and the residents of the area that has resulted in public massacres and the destruction of the city several times such as the Mongol, Tamerlane, and Afghan invasions.
		Qom is one of the theological focal centers of the Shi'ite religious sect in Iran, as well as, around the world.
	www.blessingscornucopia.com /Angels_Angelic_Orders_Safeguard_Omniangels_Iran_Qom.htm (637 words)

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