Goharshad Ghazvini, also known as Goharshad Hassani Ghazvini, was a

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

calligrapher Calligraphy () is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an exp ...

Nastaʿlīq script ''Nastaliq'' (; ; ), also romanized as ''Nastaʿlīq'' or ''Nastaleeq'' (), is one of the main calligraphic hands used to write Arabic script and is used for some Indo-Iranian languages, predominantly Classical Persian, Kashmiri, Punjabi a ...

in the 17th century. She was Mir Emad's daughter. She learned calligraphy when she was a teenager and learned Nastaʿlīq script from her father. After her father's death, she went in 1623 to her birthplace,

Qazvin Qazvin (; ; ) is a city in the Central District (Qazvin County), Central District of Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the largest city in the provi ...

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, and worked as a calligraphy teacher, dying there in 1628.

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People from Qazvin Iranian calligraphers 16th-century births Women calligraphers 17th-century calligraphers 1628 deaths {{Iran-bio-stub