Bijar (Bidjar) Rug

Bijar or Bidjar  is an ancient semi-rural city in the Kurdistan province of Iran with about 80,000 people speaking the Sorani Kurdish language and mainly farmers. Since the seventeenth century, this town and its neighboring villages have been one of the leading centers of the Persian carpet industry. Bijar rugs (also known as Bidjar)  are famous because of their strong, durable, and firm structures that they were called “Iron rugs” among dealers. Weavers use a unique weaving technique of wet weaving. In the processes of their carpet weaving, they put on so much pressure on the weft with special tools of iron comb on a damp woolen weft. When wefts get dry, they expand, and the yarns and piles are compressed. That’s the indication of Bijar rugs.
Primary colors subtend delightful shades of blue and red in mostly Herat or Mahi design, Golfarang medallion, or Mina Khani flowers in an all-over style. The unique, stiff, and heavy structure of Bijar rugs is more immediately recognized than any design and style, and they’re suitable for public places due to their sturdiness.

Handmade Bijar (also called Bidjar) rugs are woven by one of the most important tribes of Iran, the Kurdish people, in the west of Iran. This tribe is influential in the Persian carpet industry, producing durable and strong carpets and rugs. Bijar rugs are dedicated to Bijar village (though now it has become a small city) in Kurdistan province. They have a long history and are very popular because of their abstract patterns of nature that are created from the weaver's imagination or some subtle motif that belongs explicitly to this village, like Herati or Mahi motifs. As handmade Bijar rugs have a high reputation and age in Persian land, there are many unique and rare antique rugs in the Bijar style. Their durability, firm structure, and textile are undeniable, only expected in these rugs among other rural or semi-rural carpets. Everyone falls in love with their textures and diamond-shaped medallions that are surrounded by beautiful Herati patterns.
If you want a Bijar rug that creates confidence and beauty in any space, whether a bedroom or a living room, explore the significant collections of handmade Bijar rugs provided by the most authentic workshops and producers here, and buy your desired handmade Persian Bijar rug. These rugs are new, antique, and even vintage ones that are woven in Bijar or have Bijar rug designs.

Bijar is one of the historical cities of Iran called "Gerrus" before. For many years, Bidjar was culturally invaded due to the city's location near the passage between Persia, Anatolia, and the Caucasus. The main population of this city is Kurdish, but they aren't the only tribe of Bijar; some Turkish tribes live there, too, which has impacted the city and their culture a lot. Some Bijar rugs are semi-Caucasian, as they've influenced the Turkish rugs and carpets designs of the Turkish people there. Experts nearly believe that the heads of Turkish tribes, which had more power than the Kurdish people, ruled this zone and ordered their specific carpet style to the Kurdish people of the city for their palaces. Turkish heads wanted rugs of their taste, but with the stiff and strong structure that makes them more durable, they chose the Bijar style of their designs. This request caused Bijar rugs to look like some Caucasian and Turkish rugs, but in a unique and special Persian style.

Though many experienced and professional factories produce machine-made carpets, traditional Persian carpet styles are much more varied than those produced by these factories with machines. Many types of Persian rugs are still unknown or unpopular. Most rustic Persian carpets are unique, rare, and still obscure. A few factories are inspired by the designs and patterns of rustic Persian rugs to create classic or transitional Persian machine-made carpets. Bijar rugs can be an exciting field to study and are influenced by machine-made carpets. Be the first one to order a high-quality machine-made carpet in the Bijar rug style, produced by the best and highest-quality factories that are introduced here!

The popularity of Persian Bijar rugs makes them available in most Persian carpet stores and markets. They are durable, firm and unique and have replete Herati patterns in different layers of their designs. As Bijar rugs are woven and created by the Kurdish people of Bijar village in the west of Iran, the best place to find authentic and original locally made Bijar rugs is to visit Kurdistan province. Also, many valid stores and markets of traditional Persian carpets provide beautiful Bijar rugs. Discover some of the most famous and reliable markets introduced here to find and deal with Persian Bijar rugs.

Most Persian rustic rugs and carpets are specific, rare, and not readily available (though we make it easy to find and purchase these rugs!). You can find Persian Bijar rugs and many other styles of rustic Persian carpets in local exhibitions and carpet exhibitions held annually in Iran. Several Kurdish weavers and their families from Kurdistan province and the Bijar region of Iran each year offer their carpet products in Iran's handmade carpet exhibitions. You can even find high-quality machine-made carpets with Bijar rug designs in machine-made carpet exhibitions. Stay up to date with upcoming carpet exhibitions here!

The distinctive motifs, structures, and designs of Persian Bijar rugs are undeniable! They have harmonized colors and fit in most interior decorations. Persian Bijar rug patterns and designs are a great way to influence and create specific Persian rug designs. Many carpet designers study Bijar rugs to develop their knowledge of Persian carpet design. If you like to trade particular Persian Bijar rugs, look at many talented designer profiles and portfolios introduced here and get in touch with them.

As we pointed out before, the Persian Bijar rug's texture, structure, and design are admirable! Therefore, many factories that produce machine-made carpets are influenced by these Bijar rug features to provide machine-made rugs similar to Bijar rug patterns and qualities at much more affordable prices. Buy machine-made Persian Bijar rugs here that are provided by some of the best manufacturers and factories!