Mohammad Hosseyn Tabrizi
Mohammad Hosseyn Tabrizi ( Persian محمد حسین تبریزی, mohæmmæd hosɛjn ɛ tæbɾizi or Molla Mohammad Hosseyn Tabrizi ; * unknown; † October 10. 1577 in Qazvin ) was calligrapher and expert of Nastaliq - writing . Like Mir Emad and Alireza Abbassi, he was dubbed Mahin Ostād (this means the greatest master in Persian ). He was also a poet and wrote under the pseudonym Mahsun .
As a young man, Hosseyn went to Mashhad to learn calligraphy with Ahmad Mashhadi and Mir Heydar Khoshnevis. He finished his studies with Malek Deylami . As he showed a skill in epigraphy , he was commissioned at the time of Shah Ismail II to engrave the inscriptions on state buildings.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Habibollah Fazaeli: Atlas-e khat ( Persian ). Maschal, 1983, pp. 340-350.
- ↑ Mehdi Bayani: Ahvāl o Āsār e Xošnevisān (Biographies and Works of the Calligraphers) ( Persian ). Elmi, 1984, pp. 680-683.
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SURNAME | Tabrizi, Mohammad Hosseyn |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tabrizi, Molla Mohammad Hosseyn; Mahsun (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Calligrapher |
DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1577 |
Place of death | Qazvin |