For those interested in proverbs, I finally found an example of the skill of the Iranian merchant in rugs, fabrics, and shawls (the Persian shawl). In his book The Journey to Baghdad, 1834, traveler James Fraser describes the difference between Turkish and Iranian merchants in the markets of Baghdad. The former is calm, does not bargain or speak much; “if it were an Iranian merchant, they would ask you a dozen questions about what you want, offer you consecutively fifty things you do not need, jump around and back repeatedly,” trying to convince you to buy what you do not need.
