Persian Symbols
| Descending Eagle | Bad luck. |
| Eagle | Light; height. |
| Flying Eagle | Good luck. |
| Hounds | Fame; ever increasing honor. |
| Leopards | Fame; ever increasing honor. |
| Lion | Power; victory. |
| Peacock | Fire; light. |
| Phœnix | Immortality. |
| Standing Eagle | Good luck. |
| Sun | Light. |
| Sword | Force. |
| Tree of health | Immortality. |
| Tree of life | Knowledge; truth. |
The Coat of Arms of Persia is the Lion holding a sword in his paw, and with the Sun at his back.
Turkish Symbols
| Crescent | Increasing power. |
The Turkish Coat of Arms is the Crescent and the Star. These heavenly bodies are supposed to signify growth.
Miscellaneous Symbols
| Anemone | Good fortune. |
| Bat | Maternity. |
| Bird | Spirit. |
| Boar | Winter. |
| Butterfly | Ethereal soul. |
| Circle | Eternity; perpetual continuity. |
| Cypress tree | Tree of life; immortality; perfect and renewed life. |
| Dog | Destruction; vigilance. |
| Elephant | Patient endurance; self-restraint. |
| Evergreens | Immortality. |
| Fir Cone | An existence terminated but united--the union of the tribes against the dominion of Rome. |
| Fly | Destroying attribute. |
| Hare | Fertility. |
| Heart | Man morally. |
| Hippopotamus | Destroying power. |
| Hog | Deep meditation. |
| Jug | Knowledge. |
| Lily | Purity. |
| Olive | Consecration to immortality. |
| Owl | Wisdom. |
| Ox | Patience; gentleness. |
| Peacock | Resurrection (because of the annual renewing of its plumage, and from a belief in the incorruptibility of its flesh). |
| Phœnix | Good luck; herald of prosperity; birth of great men. |
| Pig | Universal kindness. |
| Ram | Spiritual leadership. |
| Reed | Royalty. |
| Rhinoceros | Religious recluse. |
| Scorpion | Invincible knowledge. |
| Serpent | Life; immortality. |
| Spear | Destructive power. |
| Spider | Slave of passion. |
| Squirrel | Averter of evil. |
| Stars | Divinity. |
| Swastika | Good fortune. |
| Turtle | Constancy. |
| Wheel | Universe. |
| Wings | Spontaneous motion. |
| Wolf | Destroying power. |
Meanings of Some of the Place-Names Associated with Rugs