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Alaeddin Tabrizi

Alaeddin Tabrizi or Ala'al-Din Tabrizi (Persian: علاءالدین تبریزی) was a royal master calligrapher who was active during the reign of the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp (r.  1524–76), for whom he executed firman (Persian: فرمان, lit. 'royal decrees'). He executed a number of inscriptions placed on buildings in the cities Tabriz, Qazvin, and Karbala.

Calligraphic panel with prayer in thuluth, which reads "the grasping of God brings the knowledge of His comfort".[1][2][3] The later inscription attributed this work to Alaeddin Tabrizi. (Library of Congress)

References and Notes

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  1. ^ A part of an Arabic bait (a couplet/distich) by Farazdaq in praise of Ali ibn Husayn (Zayn al-Abidin): یَکَادُ یُمْسِکُهُ عِرْفَانَ رَاحَتِه [*] رُکْنُ الحَطِیمِ...
  2. ^ "گزارشی تاریخی پیرامون قصیدهٔ مهم ادبیات آیینیِ عرب: ستایش امام سجاد (ع) در شعر فرزدق؛ هر دو دست او دادرس است". www.mehrnews.com. (Mehr News), Sep. 2020
  3. ^ "اشعار فرزدق شاعر در وصف امام سجاد". kheyme133.ir: Forum: Post 2691.
  • Huart (1972): 103
  • Qadi Ahmad (1959): 79
  • Safwat (1996): 84–88 and Cat. No. 43, and 134–135, Cat. No. 65
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A Calligraphic Panel


 

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