Kelardasht Rugs / Kalardasht Rugs Guide

Kelardasht Rugs: JP Willborg Kalardasht Rug Circa: 1930

Kalardasht is in Mazanderan province near Roodbarak. The area has an enclave of Northern Kurds. Northern Kurdish is also called Kurmanji, Kurmancî, Kirmancî, Kermancî, Kurdi, or Kurdî.

Based on the rugs and the cluster of Northern Kurds around Kelardasht I suspect that these are refugees pushed out of the Caucasus in the 19th and early 20th century. These are probably the lost Karabagh Kurds.

Examples:

Kelardasht Rugs: North Persian Mazandarani Flatweave Palas c. 1900 Lot 84

Kelardasht Rugs: Back of Kelardasht rug 25 - 35 years old on eBay

Kelardasht Rugs: Persian Kelardasht rug 25 - 35 years old on eBay

Kelardasht rugs are made in the single weft style that is generally attributed to Hamadan.

Prince Ardashir Mirza by Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari in addition to many other posts was ruler of Kelardasht in the mid 19th century.

Kelardasht Rugs: Prince Ardashir Mirza by Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari

Kelardasht Mazandaran province

Forest in Mazandaran province

Rural house in Kandelous Village in Mazandaran province

Marzanabad near Chalous Mazandaran province

Kelardasht Rugs: Rice paddy field near Amol in Mazandaran province. Kelardasht is in the south of Mazandaran province where there are rugged mountains. In the north it is a temperate plain along the southern edge of the Caspian sea. Rice paddies and tea plantations are common.

Rice paddy field near Amol in Mazandaran province. Kelardasht is in the south of Mazandaran province where there are rugged mountains. In the north it is a temperate plain along the southern edge of the Caspian sea. Rice paddies and tea plantations are common.