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PMR-D6050 Oman, Muscat: part of the Persian carpet in the main prayer hall of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque showing the floral pattern and rich colours. It is a single piece 70 x 60 metres covering an area of 4263 square metres. Woven near Nishabur, Khurasan, it took 600 women four years to complete, has 1,700,000,000 knots, and weighs 21 tonnes. Keywords: oil wealth, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, architecture, sultanate, colourful, artistic, elegant

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
Collection: Travel
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PMR-D6050
Upload Date: 2018-02-03 09:56:41
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Oman, Muscat: part of the Persian carpet in the main

prayer hall of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque showing the floral pattern and rich colours. It is a single piece 70 x 60 metres covering an area of 4263 square metres. Woven near Nishabur, Khurasan, it took 600 women four years to complete, has 1,700,000,000 knots, and weighs 21 tonnes.
Keywords: oil wealth, desert city, Islam, Muslim, Arab state, Middle East, Gulf State, architecture, sultanate, colourful, artistic, elegant