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{{Author Name|Roger Savory. An earlier version of this article was originally published as Roger Savory. "CARPETS i. Introductory survey". Encyclopædia Iranica. IV/8, pp. 834-839.}}

The history of Persian carpet manufacture is fraught with unproven hypotheses, rash assumptions, and confident assertions that flout historical evidence. Indeed, scholars hold widely differing opinions on almost every aspect of the production of Persian carpets.