Old time Persian calligraphers

Ahmad Shamlu Ahmad Shamlou (, ''Ahmad Šāmlū'' , also known under his pen name A. Bamdad ()) (December 12, 1925 – July 23, 2000) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet of modern Iran. ...

Ahmad al-Suhrawardi Ahmad al-Suhrawardi (1256 – 1340), was a Persian calligrapher and musician from Baghdad, who lived in the Ilkhanate era. Belonging to a prominent family of mystics, Ahmad was most likely the grandson of the Sufi master Shihab al-Din 'Umar al ...

* Alaeddin Tabrizi * Baysunghur Mirza *

Ibn Muqla Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Muqla (; 885/6 – 20 July 940/1), commonly known as Ibn Muqla, was an official of the Abbasid Caliphate who rose to high state posts in the early 10th century. His career culminated in his own assumption of the v ...

Jafar Tabrizi Jaʿfar Tabrīzī (full name: Mawlana Farīd al-Dīn Jaʿfar b. ʿAlī Tabrīzī Baysunghurī) (also known as Qeblat al-Kottāb) ( fl 1412-33) was an Iranian calligrapher and master of nastaliq script. Biography Born in Tabriz, according to Du ...

(Baysonqori) * Marjan Kateb Islami *

Mir Ali Tabrizi Mir Ali Tabrizi () was a distinguished Persian calligrapher of the 14th century, to whom the invention of Nas-Taliq calligraphy style is attributed. Early life He lived in the 14th century. Historians have not been able to unveil details of M ...

Mir Emad Hassani Mir Emad (born Emad al-Molk Qazvini Hasani (),‎ 1554 – August 15, 1615) is perhaps the most celebrated Persian calligrapher. He was born in Qazvin, Iran. It is believed that the Nastaʿlīq style reached its highest elegance in Mir ...

* Mirza Qolam-Reza (Khosh-nevis Bashi) *

Sultan Ali Mashhadi Sultan ‛Ali Mashhadi, (full name: Sultan Ali-i Muhammad-i Mashhadi) ( fl 1453–1519, d. 1520) was a Persian calligrapher and master of nastaliq script. Born in Mashhad, Sultan ‛Ali lost his father when he was seven and that early on in life ...

Yaqut al-Musta'simi Yaqut al-Musta'simi (Arabic: ياقوت المستعصمي) (died 1298) was a well-known Calligraphy, calligrapher and secretary of the Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid caliph. Life and work He was probably of Pontic Greeks, Greek origin in Amaseia ...

* Zeinolabedin Mahallati

Contemporary Iranian calligraphers

* Ali Adjalli (b. 1939) (alternative: Ghorbanali Ajali) *

Golnaz Fathi Golnaz Fathi (born 1972) is an Iranian contemporary artist noted for her artwork in the hurufiyya tradition. Life and career She was born in Tehran and studied graphic design at Islamic Azad University, receiving a BA in 1995. She went on to ...

* Qorban Ali Ajali Vaseq *

Gholam Hossein Amirkhani Gholam Hossein Amirkhani (استاد غلامحسین امیرخانی) is an Iranian calligrapher in Nastaliq style, born in 1939 in Taleghan, Iran. He is the chief of Iran calligraphers council, which established in 1950. He became a member of t ...

* Keikhosro Khoroush *

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (; , 23 September 1940 – 8 October 2020) was an Iranian singer and master (''Ostad'') of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitarian activities. Shajarian started ...

Jalil Rasouli Jalil Rasouli (née: Mohammad Jalil Rasouli) (b.1947 in Hamedan; Persian: جلیل رسولی) is a notable Iranian artist and Persian calligrapher. He is one of the pioneering figures in modernist movement of Persian calligraphy. See also * ...

*Gholam Reza Sepehri *Abbas Rafiee Farahani * Pouya Latifiyan *

Yadollah Kaboli Khansari Yadollah Kaboli Khansari (born 1949) is a calligrapher from Khansar, Iran. He is a member of the board of The Trustees of the Society of Iranian Calligraphists and also holds a First Degree art Certificate. Published books *1982 Broken Script ...