There was a meeting with the world-famous collector Muhammad Saleh Jafar Al-Baghdadi on the topic of "Azerbaijani carpet weaving heritage" at NSU.
On November 26, at the Innovation Center of Nakhchivan State University, a meeting was held with Muhammad Saleh Jafar Al-Baghdadi, a well-known collector of the Near and Middle East, a specialist in antiques and oriental carpets, and a researcher studying the history and culture of Azerbaijan. Rector's adviser on strategic issues Rajab Jafarli introduced the guest to the event participants and informed about his professional activities.
The world-famous collegian Muhammad Saleh Jafar Al-Baghdadi also introduced the history and culture of Azerbaijan. as an investigating researcher, he said that he is always a propagator of truths with a scientific and logical basis. He noted that in the Western world, most of the carpets woven in the areas between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea are distorted and not correctly attributed to whom they belong in history. Many evidences prove that the Caucasian peoples - that is, the Azerbaijanis - were the founders of both pile and pileless weaving in several centuries before our era. Since ancient times, in Azerbaijan, including in the historical city of Nakhchivan, unique art examples of various types of weaving have been created and special skills have been demonstrated. highly valued his activities related to carpets. The rector noted that Jafar Al-Baghdadi's researches on Azerbaijan, promotion of samples from his collections, sounding the word West Azerbaijan from many stands of the world and holding exhibitions under the name of this expression make us happy and proud. Today's meeting was a valuable source and a new direction for the teachers and students of the chair of museum studies, archival work and librarianship of the faculty of history and philology to learn new research materials about our carpets, which contain the lifestyle of our people and are decorated with coded patterns. The antique carpets and other exhibits exhibited in the center attracted special attention, as well as the samples of ancient handicrafts created by the students. Ibrahimova
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