Setting
Ahvaz spreads along both banks of the Karun in a hot lowland, an industrial and administrative centre.
Why this place matters for craft
Provincial craft reaching Ahvaz includes Arab tribal weaving, felt, reed mats and palm-fibre work. The city itself is industrial, so craft is traded rather than made here.
Quarters, bazaars and workshops
| Area | What is there |
|---|---|
| Central bazaar | Regional textiles and household goods. |
What to look for on an object
- Arab-attributed weaving — Weft-faced bands, often in red, black and white, with a coarse robust handle.
These notes are for learning to look, not for authentication. No description here certifies an object, its age or its origin.
Practical notes
- Winter only, realistically; summers exceed comfortable travel temperatures.
- Workshop addresses, bazaar hours and market days change; confirm locally before travelling.
Season: November to March.
Used in these crafts
A flat, pileless woven textile made across Iran by interlocking or slit-weaving coloured weft threads over a warp, used as floor covering, storage bag, saddle cover and tent divider depending on region.
A narrow-strip flatwoven textile, usually made in warp-faced bands on a portable loom and then sewn together into a wider cloth, traditionally used as bedding cover, floor spread or door hanging by village and pastoral households.
A non-woven wool textile made by matting and pressing raw wool fibres with moisture, heat and friction rather than by weaving, traditionally produced across Iran for floor coverings, cloaks and protective mats.
A broad term for Iranian needle embroidery on cotton, silk or wool grounds, including counted, darned and satin-stitch work used on covers, garments and prayer cloths.