Goharschad Ghazvini

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Goharschad Ghazvini ( listen ? / I PersianAudio file / audio sample [ ɡohæɾʃɑd ɛ ɢæzvini ] گوهرشاد قزوینی; * unknown in Qazvin ; † 1628 ibid), also as Goharschad Hassani Ghazvini ( Persian [ ɡohæɾʃɑd ɛ hæsæni jɛ ɢæzvini ] گوهرشاد حسنی قزوینی) known, was a prominent Persian calligrapher of the Nastaliq script in the 17th century. She was the daughter of Mir Emad . She learned calligraphy from her youth and learned Nastaliq script from her father.

After her father's death in 1623, she went to her birthplace, Qazvin, and worked as a calligraphy teacher there, and stayed in that town until her death in 1628.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mehdi Bayani Yassavoli: Ahvâl o e Asar Xošnevisân (The biographies and works of calligraphers) . Elmi, 1966, p. 594 (Persian).
  2. ↑ http://iichs.org/index.asp?id=700&doc_cat=9
personal data
SURNAME Goharschad Ghazvini
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goharschad Hassani Ghazvini; Goharschad Hassani Sayfī Ghazvini
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian calligrapher and calligraphy teacher
DATE OF BIRTH 16th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Qazvin
DATE OF DEATH 1628
Place of death Qazvin