Ahmad Mashhadi, also known as Mir Seyyed Ahmad, was an important

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calligrapher in the 16th century. He was from

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

. He was also a

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and some of his original poems still exist.

Biography

Mashhadi learnt calligraphy art in

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under

Mir Ali Heravi Mir Ali Heravi, also known as Mir Ali Hossein Heravi and Mir Jan, titled as ''Kateb-e Soltani'', was a prominent Persian people, Persian calligrapher and calligraphy teacher of Nastaʿlīq script in the 16th century. He was the second significant P ...

. After that

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captured the city, both of them immigrated to

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. After Heravi's death, he worked some time as a

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in the

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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 Tahmasp I ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb or ; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 to 1576. He was the eldest son of Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum. Ascending the throne after t ...

and his successor

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. He died in 1578 in Mazandaran.

His students

* Hassan Ali Mashhadi * Ali Reza Mashhadi * Mohammad Rahim Mashhadi * Ghanei *

Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi ( fa, محمد حسین تبریزی) was a Persian calligrapher in 16th-century Safavid Iran. Tabrizi learnt calligraphy from the famous Ahmad Mashhadi. He later became a teacher of the equally renowned Mir Emad Hassani. ...

Ahmad Monshi Ghomi Ahmad Monshi Ghomi, also known as Ghazi Ahmad, was a Persian author and calligrapher. He was the son of ''Sharaf ed-Din Hossein Ghomi'', who was the scrivener of Sam Mirza Safavi in Herat. Ghazi Ahmad was born in 1547 in Qom. When he was 11 years o ...

, the author of the book ''

Golestan-e Honar ''Golestan-e Honar'' ( fa, گلستان هنر; also Romanized as ''Golestān-e Honar'') is a book written by Ahmad Monshi Ghomi. It is one of few sources, which gives valuable information about calligraphers and painters and the history of art of ...

''.

References

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