A. Cecil Edwards

Arthur Cecil Edwards (1881 - 1953 ko 1957) ya kasance dillali ne kuma yana da iko a kan Kafet na Farisa. Ya kasance manajan darektan masana'antun kafet na Gabas da ke zaune a Turkiyya.

 Rayuwa ta farko da iyali 
An haifi Arthur Edwards a Constantinople a shekarar 1881 ga Charles Reed Edwards (an haife shi a Landan) da Louise Baker (an haife shi a Constantinople).  A shekarar 1909, Edwards ya auri Clara Cary Case ta Amurka a Paris Hill, Amurka.   An haifi ɗansu Arthur a shekarar 1918 a Hamadan, Iran. [ ana buƙatar ambato ]

 Ayyuka 
Edwards's uncle, James Baker, was one of the founders of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers (OCM) in Smyrna, today's Izmir, in 1907/1908. The company bought and produced Persian carpets for export to the United Kingdom. [better source needed]

A matsayinsa na ma'aikacin OCM, Edwards ya koma Hamadan, arewa maso yamma, a shekarar 1911, inda ya gina kuma ya kula da samar da kafet nasa ga kamfanin. Shi da matarsa sun yi sha'awar al'adun Farisa. A shekarar 1923, sun bar Iran, suka yi tafiya zuwa Pakistan na 'yan watanni, daga ƙarshe suka tafi Landan. A can Edwards ya karɓi ragamar gudanar da OCM kuma ya faɗaɗa ayyukan kasuwancinsa a Amurka. Ya kuma kula da fitar da kafet zuwa Indiya don rage farashin samarwa. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa Oxford sannan suka koma Landan. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2017)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ]

Babban aikinsa shi ne The Persian Carpet (1953), wanda aka buga bayan mutuwarsa kuma aka sake buga shi akai-akai. Littafin har yanzu yana ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan da aka saba yi a kan kafet ɗin Farisa. Ya bayyana dalla-dalla yadda aka samar da kafet ɗin Farisa, launuka, alamu da kuma yadda aka tsara salon kafet ɗin Farisa a lardunan Iran daban-daban, da kuma tarihin yankunan, yadda aka samar da kafet ɗinsu, adadin kayan labule da kuma adadin samarwa tun daga ƙarshen ƙarni na 19 zuwa tsakiyar ƙarni na 20, kuma ya ba da hangen nesa game da makomar masana'antar kafet a ƙarƙashin tasirin kasuwar Turai. [ <span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2017)">ana buƙatar ambato</span> ] An yi bita mai kyau a cikin Mujallar Burlington wanda ya yaba da ita saboda yadda take da zamani da kuma yadda take kula da masu saƙa da ke aiki a Farisa a lokacin. 

 Mutuwa da gado 
Shirye-shiryen surori na The Persian Carpet suna gudanar da su ne a Gidan Tarihi na Victorian da Albert a London. A watan Agustan 2017 har yanzu an bayyana littafin a cikin The Times a matsayin "taimako mai mahimmanci ga masu sayar da kafet".

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