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Image Credits
Badiei, N. (2025), Figure 1: The Ardabil Carpet at the Jameel Gallery, V&A Museum, London, image, taken on 16 March 2025.
Badiei, N. (2025), Figure 2: V&A Museum, image, taken on 16 March 2025.
Badiei, N. (2025), Figure 3: Costume Designe, image, created on 4 April 2025.
Anvar, A (2021), Figure 4: Sheykh Safi al-Din Shrine, image, ISNA. Available at: https://en.isna.ir/photo/1400021510462/Sheikh-Safi-al-Din-Kh%C4%81neg%C4%81h-and-Shrine-Ensemble (Accessed: 8 April 2025).
Photographer unknown (2023), Figure 5: The Daf and The Ney, image, Iran Press. Available at: https://iranpress.com/daf-instrument-what-iran-is-known-for (Accessed: 10 April 2025).
The V&A (no date), Figure 6: V&A Museum, Ground Floor Plan, image, available at: https://www.vam.ac.uk/features/digitalmap?srsltid=AfmBOorup5ObVIAcQOjP1rl0xeMBdYLK_-1cwAkfn3SZ_wVWIlTGMj2e (Accessed: 11 April 2025).
Badiei, N. (2025), Figure 7: Performance Place, image, taken on 20 February 2025.