Mir 'Ali Haravi

Mir 'Ali Haravi
Mir 'Ali Haravi

Mir 'Ali Haravi

Persian, died 1544–1545
Death placeUzbekistan
Birth placeAfghanistan
Biographyhttp://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?intldl/ascsbib:@FIELD(AUTHOR+@od1(+mir+'ali+al+katib+))

Signed by the writer (al-katib) Mir 'Ali [Heravi] (d. 951/1544-5). A master calligrapher in the nasta'liq style, Mir 'Ali was active in the city of Herat (modern-day Afghanistan) during the 16th century until he was taken to Bukhara (modern-day Uzbekistan) in 935/1528-9 by the Shaybanid ruler 'Ubaydallah Khan Uzbek (Qadi Ahmad 1959: 126-131).
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