Parvin Arefi Parvin Arefi an astrologer, engineer and author is presently living in Mission Viejo, California. She has traveled extensively in Southern Iran and has long been fascinated by Gabbeh collecting and studying hundreds over the years. She has exported hundreds of Gabbeh rugs from south Persia woven by Quashqaie or Lori Tribes to Switzerland and Los Angeles for famous GABBEH Collectors. The word Gabbeh is of Persian origin, and is found in current usage in the dialects of Fars Province. According to the definition given for Gabbeh in the standard Persian dictionaries, it is a kind of carpet with "long weft" (meaning long pile - knotted pile in GAbbeh is, in effect, a supplementary weft). Some other dictionaries consider it synonymous with Khersak. Which is another type of long-piled rug.