Herīs

Heris belongs to the upland country east of Tabriz in Iranian Azerbaijan, where villages and market towns connected pastoral resources with cultivated valleys. Wool, grain and livestock formed important parts of local production, and weaving became a lasting expression of household skill and regional exchange. Routes toward Tabriz linked smaller communities with one of the great commercial centres of western Asia.

Heris is associated with carpets whose angular patterns and large medallions distinguish a regional weaving tradition. The wider province of Azerbaijan was an important part of the Safavid realm and saw repeated conflict with the Ottoman Empire.