Mirza Baba

Mirza Baba (Persian: میرزابابا; fl. 1785–c. 1830) was an Iranian painter from the Imami family of Isfahan, who worked at the court in Tehran during the reigns of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797) and Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834).

Depiction of the victory of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar against Russians at the siege of Erivan in 1804 by Mirza Baba. It is kept at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran

Mirza Baba and Mihr 'Ali were the most prominent painters of the first two decades of 19th-century Iran.

Sources

• Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (2009). "Mirza Baba". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195309911.
• Floor, Willem (1999). "Art (Naqqashi) and Artists (Naqqashan) in Qajar Persia". Muqarnas. 13. Brill: 125–154. JSTOR 1523268. (registration required)