Although Nastaliq script was used as a significant writing style along other six types of calligraphy until the mid-Safavid era, it was gradually more welcomed and turned into the most important script in the succeeding eras. "Rashida Shahnameh", written by Abdul Rashid Deylami, falls within the Shahnameh manuscripts in the Safavid era while "Davari Shahnameh", written by Mirza Mohammad Davari ...

Mirza Gholam Reza Isfahani (D. 1304 Ah) Qajar era’s calligrapher, is a comprehensive personality with own way in Iran’s calligraphic history, who is a unique calligrapher in Qajar era. Mirza Gholam Reza has been proficient at all common dengues and templates in calligraphy, and especially he has created a new way in black homework template. Gholam Hossein Amir Khani (B. 1318) is one...

کتاب تبصره المومنین(نگارش در سال1080ق) تالیف محمد مومن حسینی تنکابنی، جوابیه و ردّیه ای بر سخنان ملامحمد طاهر قمی در کتاب تحفه الاخیار است. این تحقیق تصحیح انتقادی و نقد وبررسی این کتاب است که نسخه مجلس شورای اسلامی اساس قرارداده شده و با سه نسخه دیگر مقابله شده است. نویسنده کتاب یکی از پزشکان دربار شاه سلیمان صفوی(1077) است. وی در عصری زندگی می کند که تصوف وصوفیان اگرچه درحمایت نسبی حکومت هستند...

Mir Ali Heravi (died in 1545) is one of the greatest masters in Nasta’liq script who was famous and popular while he was alive among Uzbek, Indian and Ottoman governors. Majnoun Rafiqi is also one of the poets and calligraphers who is contemporary with Mir Ali and has written three treatises about teaching calligraphy. He was famous in his own period of time but since he did not have well-known...

Mir Ali Heravi (died in 1545) is one of the greatest masters in Nasta’liq script who was famous and popular while he was alive among Uzbek, Indian and Ottoman governors. Majnoun Rafiqi is also one of the poets and calligraphers who is contemporary with Mir Ali and has written three treatises about teaching calligraphy. He was famous in his own period of time but since he did not have well-known...

Abstract Calligraphy is the outstanding art of Islamic world. Hence, one can easily see the influence of the art of calligraphy in the Islamic art branches, including architectural decorations. The main purpose of this fundamental research, assess and compare the content of wooden Nastaliq inscriptions that have been used in architectural decoration in Safavid dynasty in Iran.The case studie...

From among art history written sources in Iran, one can enumerate two prefaces in the Safavid era were written by a decade interval. One preamble is Doust Mohammad Gvashany’s on Bahram Mirza Album (952 AH) and the other is that written by Qutb al-Din Muhammad Shah Tahmasp Album (964 AH). Many authors in the Safavid era, exploited directly and/or indirectly these two prefaces ‘ conte...

the rise and stublishment of safavid dynasty was depend on triangle of tasavof, tashayo and royalty, kings legitimized their power upon these. therefore for the understanding the functions of that period we must explore the role of this elements. although application and emphsise upon dignities such as; complete mentor (morshede kamel), deputy of absent imam (nayebe imame ghayeb), and god’s sha...