A comparative study of the representation of the story of Lily and Majnoon in the fabrics of the Safavid period

About six pieces of cloth from the Safavid period are left, which show the effects of Lily and Majnoon's love poem. Although this poem is known to Nezami and many illustrations have been done following her poems, but in the context of the meeting of two lovers in these pieces, there are some different of Nezami's narration; Therefore, this study aims to explain the scene of the meeting of Lily and Majnoon in the narration of post-Nezami poets and reflects them on the fabrics of the Safavid period. And it seeks to answer the question that what was the main reference of textile artists in the creation and production of these fabrics and the reasons for choosing these scenes? For this purpose, by carefully examining the narration of Jami and the poets who followed him in the Safavid period, as well as poetic mystical texts such as Hafez, which emphasize the scene of the meeting of two lovers, one can find a close affinity with the role of fabrics. Despite the drawings of their poems, it becomes more powerful. Accordingly, the present study, with a comparative and analytical approach, examines the commonalities between the role of textiles with the sample of poems and drawings. And the result shows that the fabric designers with a complete familiarity with the relevant narrations, especially the Jami narration, and also with painting samples and based on the intentions of the Safavid Sufi supporters to design these fabrics to They paid special attention to clothing, which often brings an epistemological journey with the approach of finding identities with the characters engraved on it, especially the insane. In general, the fabric designers with a complete familiarity with the relevant narrations, especially the Jami narration, and also with painting samples and based on the intentions of the Safavid Sufi supporters to design these fabrics to They paid special attention to clothing, which often brings an epistemological journey with the approach of finding identities with the characters engraved on it, especially the insane. sothe fabric designers with a complete familiarity with the relevant narrations, especially the Jami narration, and also with painting samples and based on the intentions of the Safavid Sufi supporters to design these fabrics to They paid special attention to clothing, which often brings an epistemological journey with the approach of finding identities with the characters engraved on it, especially the insane. the fabric designers with a complete familiarity with the relevant narrations, especially the Jami narration, and also with painting samples and based on the intentions of the Safavid Sufi supporters to design these fabrics to They paid special attention to clothing, which often brings an epistemological journey with the approach of finding identities with the characters engraved on it, especially the insane