Mohammad Reza Emami

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Mohammad Reza Emami (also Muhammed Riza-i Imami ; listen to ? / I PersianAudio file / audio sample محمدرضا امامی, DMG Moḥammad-Reżā Imāmī , IPA : mohæmmædrɛzɑ ɛmɑmi ; † 1660 in Isfahan ) was a Persian calligrapher of the 17th century. He lived from the era of Abbas I to the era of Safi II. He was an apprentice of Alireza Abbassi and was known as the "Imam of the calligrapher".

Life

Mohammad Reza Emami was the father of Mohammad Mohsen Emami and the grandfather of Ali Naghi Emami . All of these three calligraphers were famous in the Safavid era for their Thuluth works. The various inscriptions of the historical buildings in Isfahan , Mashhad , Qom and Qazvin were created by them.

When Alireza Abbassi started working for Abbas I and became his confidante, Abbas I left Mohammad Reza Emami and several other calligraphers, such as Mohammed Saleh Isfahani and Abdolbaghi ​​Tabrizi , with him to learn Thuluth script .

He probably died in Mashhad after 50 years of work in the field of calligraphy.

Works

Most of Emami's inscriptions are in Isfahan, but there are also some of his inscriptions in Qom, Qazvin and Mashhad. His first inscription in Isfahan is from 1629 and his last inscription in Isfahan from 1670. His works from 1673 to 1676 are all in Mashhad, where he spent the last years of his life.

The famous works of Mohammad Reza Emami are in the Shah Mosque . Under a Thuluth script by Alireza Abbassi above the magnificent entrance of this historic mosque there is another inscription belonging to Mohammad Reza Emami. The inscription on the southern dome is also the work of Emami. The other works by Emami are as follows:

  • In the Imam Reza Shrine : There are three inscriptions by Emami in the Imam Reza Shrine.
    • An inscription on four panels on the dome (above the inscription by Alireza Abbassi). The inscription dates from 1675 and belongs to the era of Safi II. The inscription reports that an earthquake had occurred and the dome had cracked and repairs and decorations were carried out on the dome.
    • An inscription in the southern Ivan.
    • An inscription from Bajssonqor Mirsa (The son of Shāh Ruch ) that was repaired by Emami.
  • In the Goharschad Mosque : In the middle of the Goharschad Mosque.
  • In the Hakim Mosque:
    • A white Thuluth inscription on the ultramarine ceramic tile above the north entrance. The inscription dates from 1662.
    • An inscription in the iwan : It shows some sentences from the Koran and also the name of Mohammad Reza Emami. It dates from 1660.
    • An inscription on the dome from 1658.
    • An inscription near mihrab from 1660.
    • An inscription in eastern Shabestan from 1658.
    • An inscription in the northern Ivan from 1660.
    • An inscription in the western iwan with a few sentences from the Koran and the name of Mohammad Reza Emami from 1662.
  • In the Agha Nur Mosque : There is an inscription by Mohammad Reza Emami above the entrance that dates from 1629. She reports that the mosque's founder, Noureddin Mohammad Esfahani, was a benefactor and the construction of the mosque began during the Abbas I era but was completed in the first year of the Safi I era.
  • In the Lonban Mosque :
    • There are some lines of white Thuluth on the ultramarine background of the two ceramic tiles. The lines are from 1669.
    • There are also some poems with white Nastaliq scripts on the ultramarine ceramic tiles above the entrance to the mosque . They also date from 1669. According to the inscription, the mosque was repaired in the era of Safi II.
  • In the Egyptian mosque : an inscription on the marble tablet in raised Nastaliq script depicting poems and showing the date 1651 in the last half- verse .
  • Inside the Maqsudbeyk Mosque : an inscription mentioning the names of Abbas I and Maqsudbeyk.

A total of 29 inscriptions from the inscriptions of the historical buildings in Isfahan are the works of Mohammad Reza Emami.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arab-Islamic Biographical Archive (AIBA)
  2. ↑ http://www.aftabir.com/lifestyle/view/63391/ محمدرضا-امامی-اصفهانی
  3. ↑ http://www.khatt.blogfa.com/
  4. ↑ André Godard: Assar-e Iran (Annales du service de l'archéologiques Iran). Translated from the French by Abolhassan Sarvghad Moghaddam. 3. Edition. Astana Quds (Ed.) Page 245, Maschhad 1996, language: Persian
  5. ↑ http://www.ommolketab.ir/lin-search/c_339889/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D8% A7% D9% 85% D8% A7% D9% 85% D9% 8A /
  6. ↑ http://www.tebyan.net/Social/SevenContinents/TouringIran/Mosques_ReligiousSchools/2003/9/29/3693.html
  7. ↑ http://anahid1.blogfa.com/post/8
  8. ↑ Hashem Javadzadeh: Ketāb e Khorāsān (The Book of Khorassan) ( Persian ). Kānun e āgahi e Irānzamin, 2001, p. 72.
  9. ↑ http://www.afarineshdaily.ir/afarinesh/Article.aspx?AID=7048
  10. ↑ http://www.afarineshdaily.ir/afarinesh/News.aspx?NID=36849
  11. ↑ http://esfahan23.persianblog.ir/post/55/
  12. ↑ http://isfahan.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=form&order=show&lang=1&sub=10&PageId=50&codeV=1&tempname=AsarTarikhy
  13. ↑ http://www.satrap.org/stateDetail.asp?state=68
  14. ↑ Habibollah Fazael: Atlas e Xat (calligraphy-Atlas) . Maschal, 1983 (Persian).
personal data
SURNAME Emami, Mohammad Reza
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Imami, Muhammed Riza-i
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian calligrapher
DATE OF BIRTH before 1629
DATE OF DEATH 1660
Place of death Isfahan