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3 unusual facts about Islamic calligraphy


Islamic calligraphy

A famous modern calligrapher in this tradition is Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guangjiang.

One of the contemporary masters of the calligram genre is Hassan Massoudy and Wissam Shawkat.

Sheikh Ali khan Zangeneh

According to this text, written in Thuluth calligraphy, Sheikh Ali khan Zangeneh dedicated four shares (out of six) of his properties in Ghareh-vali and Chambatan (local villages) for Sada'ats (descendants of the prophet Mohammad) and the two remaining shares for the Bistun Safavid caravansarai.


Ismail Gulgee

Nevertheless, he was perhaps best known worldwide for his abstract work, which was inspired by Islamic calligraphy and was also influenced by the "action painting" movement of the 1950s and 1960s (Mitter notes that Elaine Hamilton was a strong influence in this direction).


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