Gabbeh is a 1996 Iranian film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
The film gets its name from a type of Persian rug and starts by showing an elderly couple, carrying their Gabbeh, walking toward the river hoping to wash their rug. When the rug is spread on the ground, a girl, referred to as Gabbeh, magically comes out of it. The movie follows her story and audience learn about her family, her uncle who is hoping to find a bride, and most importantly her longing for a young man she hopes to marry. (wiki)
Bridge Zayandeh Rud (Darius the Great developed this road linking the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf, running from Sardis in northwest Turkey across Mesopotamia to Susa in Iran. King Midas, the prophet Daniel, Queen Esther, the historian Herodotus, and the conqueror Alexander the Great all traveled this road…)
Princely Hawking Party, Safavid period, ca. 1570 illustration attributed to Mirza ‘Ali (active ca. 1525–75), Qazvin or Mashhad Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Bowl with prince on horseback, Seljuq period (1040–1196), 12th–13th c. Iran Stonepaste; applied decoration, polychrome in-glaze and overglaze painted and gilded on opaque monochrome glaze (mina’i)
