Ahmad Mashhadi
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Ahmad Mashhadi, also known as Mir Seyyed Ahmad, was an important Persian Nastaliq calligrapher in the 16th century. He was from Mashhad. He was also a poet and some of his original poems still exist.[1]
Biography[edit]
Mashhadi learnt calligraphy art in Herat under Mir Ali Heravi. After that Shaybanids captured the city, both of them immigrated to Bukhara. After Heravi's death, he worked some time as a scrivener in the library of Abdolaziz Khan Ozbak. When Abdolaziz Khan died, he came back to his home town. He worked there as a scrivener in the court of Tahmasp I and his successor Ismail II. He died in 1578 in Mazandaran.[2]
His students[edit]
- Hassan Ali Mashhadi
- Ali Reza Mashhadi
- Mohammad Rahim Mashhadi
- Ghanei
- Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi
- Ahmad Monshi Ghomi, the author of the book Golestan-e Honar.
References[edit]
- ^ Habibollah Fazaeli (1983), Atlas-e-Chat(Calligraphy Atlas) (in Persian), Mashal, pp. 479–482, ISBN 978-964-376-649-8
- ^ Habibollah Fazaeli (1983), Atlas-e-Chat( (in Persian), Mashal, p. 482, ISBN 978-964-376-649-8