Amoghli Family

One of The Best Producers of Royal Persian Rugs

"Amoghli Family were one of the greatest producers of especially large and over-size Persian rugs for almost a century. The family produce noble carpets with high-quality, unique Persian design, high densities and large sizes."

The Amoghli family's activities in Persian carpet industry started when "Mohammad Kahnamouie" went to Mashhad city in Iran. He was a famous producer of silk fibers and merchants in textile industry in Tabriz, Iran. He migrated to Mashhad in Iran in 1871 because of political and economic issues at that time, changed his family name to Amoghli and gradually started to work in Persian carpet industry. Furthermore, he had his professional experiences from exporting textiles and silk yarns and give these experiences to his son, Abdol Mohammad and Ali Khan.

"Abdol MohammadAmoghli" was his first son who put on his father's footprint and continue producing exquisite rugs in their workshops. He grew their business with the help of his brother "Alikhan". Abdol Mohammad took all processes of producing Persian carpet with an Indescribable interest and love from designing patterns, choosing right colors and dyes and controlling weaving processes. He has about 60 looms in different workshops, usually in large sizes. Also established some carpet workshops in neighboring villages like "Dorokhsh" and "Mohammad Abad" in Mashhad and also a carpet workshop in Arak city. 

Abdol Mohammad became a great carpet designer while he was designing for European orders, especially English royal families. He got two old big books full of pictures of ancient Persian carpet and Persian rugs that were kept in grand museums from Safavid era. These books helped him to increase his knowledge in carpet designing, became familiar with magnificent motifs of Safavid rugs and impressed from these carpets. He mixed this knowledge with his own experience in carpet designing, so these rugs owe their popularity to his efforts to using authentic Persian motifs, natural dyeing with high durability, establishing large looms and preparing fine and delicate fibers. After the death of Abdol Mohammad, the youngest brother, Ali Khan, continued his family way. He had wonderful skill in fiber dyeing, especially in dyeing with indigo. One of the important aspect in handmade Persian carpet is the piles colors and Amoghli were at the first of the best natural dyers. He had great interest in Persian carpets too and his carpets have a unique signature of their family name and a Persian number. During his activities in the family workshops, masterpieces of Persian rugs were created for royal courts and mansions in both Iran and foreign country. The king of Pahlavi in Iran admired his carpets and order many exquisite carpets in large sizes, such as the largest Persian carpet at that time, to Ali Khan Amoghli. He died in 1995 and the production of Amoghli carpets was stopped. Amoghli family had big carpet workshop in Mashhad city in Iran. These workshops were different from other Iran's workshops, with higher ceiling and hundreds of weavers, dyers, repairers and carpenters from kids to elders. Amoghli family became gradually the hero of people as an entrepreneur in Mashhad. Their rugs had high densities (from 225 knots per square inch to over 700 knots) and usually woven in large sizes with detailed patterns.

● High knot density with accurate weaving method and soft texture
● Complex patterns includes of symbolic and abstract motifs influenced by nature
● Great natural dyed piles with high durability
● Large and oversized carpets suitable for mansions and palaces