Isfahan Carpet Bazaar

The Vivacious Traditional Carpet Market of Persian Handmade Rugs
Isfahan Carpet Bazaar or Hakim Bazaar of Isfahan is one of the many branches of the main bazaar of Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Qeysarriyeh Bazaar. If you are a Middle Eastern culture lover, you must be familiar with the great Naqsh-e Jahan square, which is placed on the list of Heritage of UNESCO. This architectural masterpiece dates back to the Safavid dynasty of Iran, The golden age of art and culture in Iran. Naqsh-e Jahan square was an important commercial center in Isfahan and even Iran, including many businesses and services. It has two great mosques, a majestic palace, and a grand bazaar called Qeysarriyeh. In the grand Qeysarriyehr bazaar, many businesses are still alive, and many productions are offered, such as carpets. Hakim bazaar is a dedicated bazaar for the handmade carpet's industry of Isfahan, Kashan, Nain, Josheghan, and even Bakhtiari tribes. The architecture of this mysterious ancient bazaar includes stores with brick walls on two floors on both sides of the main path, which is covered with dome roofs. During the path in the carpet bazaar of Hakim, you see the round shapes of light on the ground coming from the top of domes to lighten the path. There are various types of carpet production and services like dyed fibers stores and repairing carpet stores in the carpet bazaar of Isfahan, but it isn’t limited to only carpet stores; there are traditional baths, cafés, and mosques inside it too.

Most of the stores are for carpet sales of many types like kilim and jajim rugs, though you can find rugs of many styles; Isfahan, Kashan, Nain, and Bakhtiari rugs are some main styles you can find in the Isfahan carpet bazaar. Also, relative supplies and tools and dyed fibers are provided there

Most of the stores on the second floor and alleys in Hakim bazaar belong to carpet repairmen. There are big yards near the main path of Hakim bazaar called Sara, where many handmade carpets are stored there for polishing or repairing

A few stores offer carpet designing services, especially Isfahan carpet design methods.

Isfahan Carpet Bazaar is one of the branches of the main Bazaar, Qeysarrieh, the longest market globally, with a two-kilometer arched roadway that connects the old and new parts of the cities. This market dates back to the 11th century, but the contemporary construction was for the Safavid dynasty in the 17th century. Qeysarrieh was one of the gates of the Naqsh-e Jahan Square, where the royal families of the Safavid court were playing the Chogan game there. For many years, Qeyssarieh has been an essential marketplace in central Iran. Many merchants of neighboring provinces come to this Bazaar to distribute their products.