An Introduction to the Textile Industry of Yazd in the Safavid Era

After the foundation of the Safavid dynasty، trade experienced a boom in the first quarter of the eleventh century AH due to their political ties and measures to bring the trade routes under their control. Therefore، textile industry gradually reached its pinnacle thanks to Safavid support. Among the Iranian cities، Yazd became such a seat of this industry that a royal agent called Kerk-e Yarāq was appointed to provide the textiles requested by the royal family and aristocracy. Even، a professional designer from Yazd who was commissioned to Isfahan to run the royal textile weaving workshops managed to become the best textile designer in the Iranian history. Qias al-Din Yazdi، also، introduced two innovations in designing and weaving multiple and velvet fabrics.