He said two carpet merchants phoned in the winning bid - $300,000 - for the 11-room house and 42 acres of land.

Abdullah - The main character of the story, a carpet merchant who is very unlucky with fate.

If you get locked into a tussle with a carpet merchant in the latter, though, you're on your own.

The carpet merchants, on the other hand, they apply for a new medallion every time they come.

Other more prominent Georgian Jews served as financiers and carpet merchants.

He ended his account by saying: "Benjamin, the carpet merchant arrived yesterday.

And Iranian carpet merchants have built lavish homes and set up some of the finest shops in the city.

Now, tell me, who was the carpet merchant?' '

"My carpet merchant is the most boring person in the world," Mr. Scott said with pride.

They are rich, the carpet merchants, thinks the scarred man, letting the curtains fall back into place.