Seyed Taher Sabahi (born July 21, 1940) is an Iranian-born art dealer, journalist, author and lecturer born in Tehran.

Taher Sabahi
Born (1940-07-21) July 21, 1940 (age 84)
Tehran, Iran
Alma materBologna University Turin University
Years active1963–present
ChildrenFarshad Sabahi, Farian Sabahi
Websitewww.taher-sabahi.org

Besides being a carpet dealer in Turin since 1961, in 1993 Taher Sabahi founded the quarterly magazine Ghereh, International Carpet & Textile Review, a quarterly magazine published in English and Italian. Since then he has been the editor of the magazine, and he has also been active in the publishing world, writing many books on carpets.

Life

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Born in Tehran to an Iranian Azerbaijan family, Sabahi moved to Rome in September 1961. Sabahi attended medical school in the University of Bologna's Faculty of Pharmacy. During 1972 he was recognized[by whom?] as an expert in Eastern (particularly Iranian) rugs and rug making.[citation needed]

Bibliography

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Sabahi has written over twenty books about Iranian Carpets,[1][2] some of these are listed below

Tappeti d’oriente, arte e tradizione. De Agostini, Novara 1986

Splendeurs du tapis d’orient. Atlas, Paris 1987

Vaghireh. Modelli per la tessitura dei tappeti. Karta, Firenze 1987

ABC del tappeto orientale. De Agostini, Novara 1989

Qashqai. Tappeti tribali persiani. De Agostini, Novara 1989

Kilim. Tappeti piani del Caucaso. De Agostini, Novara 1990

Orienttepiche. Battenberg Verlag, Augsburg 1992

Sumak. Tappeti piani a trama avvolta. De Luca, Roma 1992

Tülü. Tappeti a pelo lungo dell’Anatolia centrale. CATO, Torino 1997

Kerman.Cinque secoli di tappeti. Capricorno, Torino 2005

L’arte del tappeto d’oriente. Electa – Mondadori, Milano 2007

Kilim. Electa – Mondadori, Milano 2011  

RoyalHunt. The Medallion Rug of the Poldi Pezzzoli Museum, Milan. (English-Italian) 2020

Libri pubblicati in Iran:

Qalin. Story and Art of rug weaving in Orient. (Persian)

  Published in two volumes, by Gooya house of culture and art, Tehran

Qali e Iran. Persian Carpets. (Persian – English) Published by Gooya, Tehran.

Kilim, Story and Art of flat weaving in Orient. (Persian) Published by Vijeh Nashr, Tehran

Savarane Shargh – Knights of the Orient. (Persian – English) Published by Gooya, Tehran

Shahsavan. (Persian – English) Published by Vijeh Nashr, Tehran

Qashqai. (Persian – English) Published by Gooya, Tehran

Kerman – Five Centuries of Carpets weaving in Kerman. (Persian – English) Published by Matn   

  “Farhanghestane Honar”, Tehran

Cataloghi pubblicati in inglese – italiano:

Cavalieri d’oriente. De Luca, Milano 1991

Samarcanda. Tappeti della via della seta. Rumor, Vicenza 1995

Cina. Tappeti antichi del celeste impero. Bolis Spa, Bergamo 1998

Shahsavan Jajim. Musumeci editore, Aosta 1998

Anatolia. “quivi si fanno li sovrani tappeti del mondo più begli. Rumor, Vicenza 2000

Tibet. Rugs of the Roof of the World. Ghereh publications, Torino 2001

Memberships:

·       Academic Committee for the International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC)

·       Rotary International, Turin

·       Member of the board of directors of the "Persian hand-knotted carpet Think Thank", Teheran

·       Expert and examining member of the Court of Turin, carpets and textiles section

References

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  1. ^ "Gov't Endorses Titles on Iranian Carpet". Iran Book News Agency. November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  2. ^ O'Connell Jr., J. Barry. "Notes on Taher Sabahi". SpongoBongo. Retrieved November 18, 2013.