09/23/2023
I believe that this whole class of rugs was originally copied from a rug that belonged to "Badi' al-Zaman Mirza," also known as "Badi' al-Zaman ibn Husayn." He was a Timurid prince and a contemporary of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. Badi' al-Zaman Mirza was indeed the son of Husayn Bayqara, the last Timurid ruler of Herat.
Badi' al-Zaman Mirza fled Herat when the city fell to the Uzbeks in 1507 and sought refuge in various places, including Tabriz, Persia (now part of Iran). When the Ottoman Turks invaded Tabriz, The Prince and his household and his treasure, including his rugs, went with him to the Ottoman empire. I believe that his rugs were the inspiration for these rugs and so that while these are a quintessentially Turkish rug, they were copied from a Timurid rug of the 16th century, possibly late 15th.
I'm not surprised that this rug belonged to Jason Nazmiyal the founder of Nazmiyal Collection and a connoisseur and expert in the very best of oriental rugs
