Sultan Ibrahim Mirza
Miniature in the Freer Gallery of Art , 1556–1565, commissioned by Sultan Ibrahim Mirza and made in Mashhad .
Sultan Ibrahim Mirza (also: Solṭān Ebrāhīm Mīrzā, Abu'l Fat'h Sultan Ibrahim Mirza, Persian ابوالفتح سلطان ابراهیم میرزا, DMG Sulṭān Ibrāhīm Mīrzā ; * April 1540 ; † February 23, 1577 ) was a Safavid prince and nephew of Shah Tahmasp I. He was best known as a sponsor and client of masterpieces of Persian miniature painting. Other artists were also highly regarded at his court, for example the poet Ḥusain Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elke Niewöhner: An astronomical-astrological poem by the Persian poet Ḥusain Ḥakīm Ṯanāʾī Mašhadī on the Berlin Indian world map, in: Der Islam , (2019), vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 121–157, p. 127
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| SURNAME | Mirza, Sultan Ibrahim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ابوالفتح سلطان ابراهیم میرزا (Persian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Safavid prince |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1540 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1577 |