Me Ali Heravi
Mir Ali Heravi ( Persian میرعلی هروی IPA : [ mir æli jɛ hɛɾævi ]; * unknown in Herat ; † 1544 in Bukhara ) also known as Mir Ali Hosseyni Heravi ( Persian میرعلی حسینی هروی, IPA : [ mir æli jɛ hosɛjni jɛ hɛɾævi ]) and Mir Dschan ( Persian میرجان, IPA : [ miɾ d͡ʒɑn ]), dubbed Kateb-e Soltani, was a prominent Persian calligrapher and calligraphy teacher of the Nastaliq script in the 16th century. He was the second most important Persian calligrapher after Mir Emad . He had artistic influence on the later calligraphers.
Life
Mir Ali Heravi was from Herat. In 1506 he and his family emigrated to Mashhad , but after a short time they returned to Herat and stayed there. In his youth he was the writer of orders and regulations for the governor of Herats. He then began to work as a calligrapher at the court of Soltan Hosseyn Bayqara . He was favored by the king and was dubbed Kateb os-Soltan . He signed some of his works with Mir Ali al-Kateb es-Soltani . He lived in Herat until the death of Soltan Hosseyn Bayqara. After the king's death, he lived alternately in Mashhad and in Herat. In 1512 Ismail I conquered Herat. During this time Heravi became the protégé of Karim od-Din Habibollah Savoji. after the murder of Habibollah, when Sam Mirsa Safawi , the brother of Tahmasp I , was the governor of Khorassan , Mir Ali Heravi had been in Herat for three years until 1528. In 1528 Obeyd Chan conquered Herat for a short time and took Mir Ali Heravi to Bukhara with and employed him as the scribe and calligraphy teacher of his son, Abd ol-Asis Chan. Mir Ali Heravi lived in Bukhara for 16 years and was not allowed to leave the city. He died in Bukhara in 1544.
Because of the homesickness and the compulsory emigration to Bukhara and the distance from the family, Heravi lived in this city in a state of depression and sadness.
Heravi was the student of Seyn od-Din Mohammad, who himself had learned calligraphy from Soltan Ali Maschhadi .
His students
Mir Ali Heravi had seven important students:
- Mir Mohammad Bagher, the calligrapher at the court of Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana , Humayun and Akbar I.
- Khadsche Mahmoud Shahabi , the chief of the Herat Police Department.
- Ahmad Mashhadi , the scribe and companion of Tahmasp I.
- Me Hosseyn Bokharaei
- Malek Deylami , Mir Emad's calligraphy teacher
- Me Heydar Bokharaei
- Me chalame
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mehdi Bayani: Ahvâl o e Asar Xošnevisân (biography and works of calligraphers) . Elmi, 1984, p. 493-516 (Persian).
- ^ Basil Gray: Persian Paintings . 1977, p. 129-130 (English).
- ↑ Ḥabībollāh Fażāʾelī: Aṭlas-e Ḫaṭṭ . Taḥqīq dar Ḫuṭūṭ-e Islāmī. Isfahan, S. 460 (Persian, 1971-72).
- ↑ Mehdi Bayani: Ahvâl o e Asar Xošnevisân (biography and works of calligraphers) . Elmi, 1984, p. 132 (Persian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Me Ali Heravi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mir Ali Hosseyni Heravi; Me Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Persian calligrapher and calligraphy teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herat |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1544 |
| Place of death | Buxoro |