Calligraphic panel with prayer in thuluth, which reads "the grasping of God brings the knowledge of His comfort".[1][2][3] The later inscription attributed this work to Alaeddin Tabrizi. (Library of Congress)

Alaeddin Tabrizi or Ala'al-Din Tabrizi (Persian: علاءالدین تبریزی) was a royal master calligrapher who was active during the reign of the Safavid ruler Shah Tahmasp (r.  1524–76), for whom he executed firman (Persian: فرمان, lit. 'royal decrees'). He executed a number of inscriptions placed on buildings in the cities Tabriz, Qazvin, and Karbala.

References and Notes

  1. ↑ A part of an Arabic bait (a couplet/distich) by Farazdaq in praise of Ali ibn Husayn (Zayn al-Abidin): یَکَادُ یُمْسِکُهُ عِرْفَانَ رَاحَتِه [*] رُکْنُ الحَطِیمِ...
  2. ↑ "گزارشی تاریخی پیرامون قصیدهٔ مهم ادبیات آیینیِ عرب: ستایش امام سجاد (ع) در شعر فرزدق؛ هر دو دست او دادرس است". www.mehrnews.com. (Mehr News), Sep. 2020
  3. ↑ "اشعار فرزدق شاعر در وصف امام سجاد". kheyme133.ir: Forum: Post 2691.
  • Huart (1972): 103
  • Qadi Ahmad (1959): 79
  • Safwat (1996): 84–88 and Cat. No. 43, and 134–135, Cat. No. 65

A Calligraphic Panel


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