A Shiraz carpet (Persian: قالی شیراز) is a type of Persian rug made in the villages around the city of Shiraz, in the Iranian province of Fars.
Designs tend to come from settled tribal weavers so they mimic Qashqai, Khamseh (Basseri and Khamseh Arabs), Afshar, Abadeh and Luri designs.
[citation needed] Since the weavers are using fixed looms the rugs tend to be larger and often coarser than their tribal counterparts.
[citation needed] Some pieces feature Cyrus' white horse.
The Shiraz carpet is the only rug to depict nightingales, which are shown as angular-shaped birds.