Ahmad Mashhadi

Ahmad Mashhadi, also known as Mir Seyyed Ahmad, was an important Persian Nastaliq calligrapher in the 16th century. He was from Mashhad. He was also a poet and some of his original poems still exist.^[1]

A calligraphy specimen of two couplets from the Divan of Amir Shahi, signed by Ahmad Mashhadi, dated A.H. 978 [1570 CE]. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Biography

Mashhadi learnt calligraphy art in Herat under Mir Ali Heravi. After that Shaybanids captured the city, both of them immigrated to Bukhara. After Heravi's death, he worked some time as a scrivener in the library of Abdolaziz Khan Ozbak. When Abdolaziz Khan died, he came back to his home town. He worked there as a scrivener in the court of Tahmasp I and his successor Ismail II. He died in 1578 in Mazandaran.^[2]

His students

• Hassan Ali Mashhadi
• Ali Reza Mashhadi
• Mohammad Rahim Mashhadi
• Ghanei
• Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi
• Ahmad Monshi Ghomi, the author of the book Golestan-e Honar.