Baba Shah Isfahani

Baba Shah Isfahani (also Bābā Shah Esfahāni ; listen ^?^/^I Persian باباشاه اصفهانی, DMG Bābā Šāh Iṣfahānī , bɑbɑʃɑh ɛ ɛsfɑhɑni ; * unknown; † 1588 in Baghdad ) was a Persian calligrapher of the 16th century and the most prominent calligrapher of the Nastaliq script in the era of Tahmasp I. He was dubbed "Reis or-Roassa". His calligraphy teacher was Ahmad Mashhadi . In his youth he traveled to Iraq in 1588 and was killed in Baghdad, where he was also buried. His works date from the years 1569 to 1586.

literature

Mohammad Hassan Semsar, Rahim Gholami and Matthew Melvin-Koushki: "Bābā Shāh Iṣfahānī", in: Encyclopaedia Islamica . ( Online , 2013)
Pricilla Soucek: "Bābā Shah Esfahāni", in: Encyclopædia Iranica , III / 3, p. 295. ( online )

Individual evidence

^ According to Encyclopaedia Islamica , the "calligrapher and poet" was still alive in 1601.
↑ Habibollah Fazaeli: Atlas-e-Chat (calligraphy-Atlas) . Maschal, 1983, ISBN 978-964-376-649-8 , pp. 492-494 (Persian).

personal data
SURNAME	Isfahani, Baba Shah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Esfahāni, Bābā Shah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Iranian calligrapher and calligraphy teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century or 16th century
DATE OF DEATH	1588
Place of death	Baghdad

[1] According to Encyclopaedia Islamica , the "calligrapher and poet" was still alive in 1601.

[2] Habibollah Fazaeli: Atlas-e-Chat (calligraphy-Atlas) . Maschal, 1983, ISBN 978-964-376-649-8 , pp. 492-494 (Persian).