diff --git a/src/customers/customers.service.ts b/src/customers/customers.service.ts
index 58244b8..33a992d 100644
--- a/src/customers/customers.service.ts
+++ b/src/customers/customers.service.ts
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ export class CustomersService {
     const salon = await this.resolveSalonForUser(user);
     const summaries = await this.buildSalonCustomerSummaries(salon.id);
     const filtered = this.filterSalonCustomers(summaries, query);
+    const sorted = this.sortSalonCustomersByRecent(filtered);
+    const customers = query.limit ? sorted.slice(0, query.limit) : sorted;
 
     return {
-      customers: filtered,
+      customers,
       stats: this.buildSalonCustomerStats(summaries),
     };
   }
@@ -335,15 +337,18 @@ export class CustomersService {
     customers: SalonCustomerSummaryDto[],
     query: FindSalonCustomersQueryDto,
   ): SalonCustomerSummaryDto[] {
-    const search = query.search?.trim().toLowerCase();
+    const search = query.search
+      ? this.normalizeSearchText(query.search)
+      : undefined;
 
     return customers.filter((customer) => {
       const fullName =
         `${customer.firstName} ${customer.lastName}`.toLowerCase();
+      const normalizedMobile = this.normalizeSearchText(customer.mobile);
       const matchesSearch =
         !search ||
         fullName.includes(search) ||
-        customer.mobile.includes(search);
+        normalizedMobile.includes(search);
       const matchesStatus =
         !query.status || customer.status === query.status;
 
@@ -351,6 +356,24 @@ export class CustomersService {
     });
   }
 
+  private sortSalonCustomersByRecent(
+    customers: SalonCustomerSummaryDto[],
+  ): SalonCustomerSummaryDto[] {
+    return [...customers].sort((a, b) => {
+      const dateA = new Date(a.lastVisitDate ?? a.membershipDate).getTime();
+      const dateB = new Date(b.lastVisitDate ?? b.membershipDate).getTime();
+      return dateB - dateA;
+    });
+  }
+
+  private normalizeSearchText(value: string): string {
+    return value
+      .trim()
+      .toLowerCase()
+      .replace(/[۰-۹]/g, (digit) => String('۰۱۲۳۴۵۶۷۸۹'.indexOf(digit)))
+      .replace(/[٠-٩]/g, (digit) => String('٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩'.indexOf(digit)));
+  }
+
   private buildSalonCustomerStats(customers: SalonCustomerSummaryDto[]) {
     return {
       total: customers.length,
diff --git a/src/customers/dto/salon-customer.dto.ts b/src/customers/dto/salon-customer.dto.ts
index 2809d29..cce5f89 100644
--- a/src/customers/dto/salon-customer.dto.ts
+++ b/src/customers/dto/salon-customer.dto.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import { ApiProperty, ApiPropertyOptional } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
 import {
   IsDateString,
   IsIn,
+  IsInt,
   IsNotEmpty,
   IsOptional,
   IsString,
   Length,
   Matches,
+  Max,
+  Min,
 } from 'class-validator';
 
 export class CreateSalonCustomerDto {
@@ -50,4 +54,15 @@ export class FindSalonCustomersQueryDto {
   @IsOptional()
   @IsIn(['active', 'at-risk', 'lost', 'vip'])
   status?: 'active' | 'at-risk' | 'lost' | 'vip';
+
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    description: 'Maximum number of customers to return (most recent first)',
+    example: 10,
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(1)
+  @Max(50)
+  limit?: number;
 }