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The old respected name of Senneh is synonymous withvaluable Oriental carpets. Thus the Persian knot is also known as theSenneh knot even though it is hardly used here. Today this town, whichwas proclaimed the capital of the Kurds by Shah Nadir in the 18thcentury and is famous throughout the carpet world, is known asSanandaj.

Senneh and Bijar are both major Kurdish centres in which noauthentically Kurdish carpets were woven. It is probably true that inSenneh some of the finest knotted carpets of old Persia were woven andthe weaving tradition was preserved for centuries. This applies notonly to fineness of weave and special weaving techniques, but also tothe development of the designs and interpretation of patterns andornaments borrowed from many other carpet weaving areas and cultures,as for example the birds nest, Herati pattern or the perennial botehsymbol, amongst others.