When His Majesty, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, commissioned the creation of a floor covering that would sprawl across the expanse of the main prayer sanctuary at a Mosque in the wilayat of Bausher, Muscat, it wasn’t his first experience. He had commissioned a different carpet upon taking the throne as Sultanate of Oman in 1970.
That carpet was simply a precursor for what would become the rug covering the (then) world’s largest Mosque in Muscat. A leader who is willing to underwrite the legacies he commissioned during his time on the throne, bin Said dealt directly with the manufacturer and considers The Carpet of Wonder to be one of his legacies.