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- ↑ Donzel, E. J. van (1 January 1994). Islamic Desk Reference . BRILL. p. 364. ISBN 90-04-09738-4.
Qum(m)i, Qadi Ahmad Ibrahim Husayni: Persian chronicler and chancery clerk; 1546-?. He wrote a chronicle in five volumes, of which the fifth volume only has been preserved. It describes the history of the Safawids down to the first years of Shah Abbas * I. He is also the author of a treatise on calligraphers and painters.
- ↑ Habibollah Fazaeli (1983), Atlas e Xat(Calligraphy Atlas), Mashal, p. 482
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