![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 A calligraphy specimen of two couplets from the Divan of Amir Shahi, signed by Ahmad al-Husayni al-Mashhadi.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/A_calligraphy_specimen_of_two_couplets_from_the_D%C4%ABv%C4%81n_of_Am%C4%ABr_Sh%C4%81h%C4%AB%2C_signed_by_A%E1%B8%A5mad_al-%E1%B8%A4usayni_al-Mashhad%C4%AB.jpg/220px-A_calligraphy_specimen_of_two_couplets_from_the_D%C4%ABv%C4%81n_of_Am%C4%ABr_Sh%C4%81h%C4%AB%2C_signed_by_A%E1%B8%A5mad_al-%E1%B8%A4usayni_al-Mashhad%C4%AB.jpg)
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]
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]
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]
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