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4 unusual facts about Mir Musavvir


Aqa Mirak

The contemporary chronicler Dust Muhammad mentioned that Aqa Mirak along with Mir Musavvir did wall paintings for Prince Sam Mirza's palace in Tabriz and illustrations for royal manuscripts of Firdawsi's Shahnameh ('Book of kings') and Nizami's Khamsa ('Five poems').

Dust Muhammad

Tahmasp, however, is much more modest than the Sultan Mohammed, or Mir Musavvir.

Mir Musavvir

According to the contemporary chronicler Dust Muhammad, he and Aqa Mirak worked together closely in service to the Safavid royal library who did wall paintings for the palace of Prince Sam Mirza and illustrations for royal manuscripts of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh ('Book of kings') and Nizami's Khamsa ('Five poems').

Mir Sayyid Ali

Born in Tabriz, Mir Seyyed Ali was the son of artist Mir Musavvir.



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