Mir-Emad's Masterpiece to Go On Display at London Show

One of the best masterpieces by celebrated persian calligrapher Mir-Emad is to go on display at a London show next month Endowed with great talent,creativity ,and delicacy in art ,Mir Emad was the titan of the nastaliq script (an Iranian style of calligraphy).The exhibition of safavid artwork is organized with the collaboration of the National Museum of Iran and Britain ,the Sadabad Historical Complex director Eshrat Shayeq told the persian service of ISNA on last sunday. Shayeq added that the 20*30 cm masterpiece is a calligraphy work inscribed by Mir- Emad on a Kashmiri piece of paper in the 17th century along with a beautiful decoration in the margin and is considered one of the best works by the master.The masterpiece is being preserved at Mir- Emad Museum in the Sadabad complex Shayeq said adding that the piece was unveiled at the Mir-Emad Museum on the occasion of 400th birth anniversary of the calligrapher in 2005,and has so far has been displayed in several Iranian and international exhibits.Iranian artist and calligrapher Mohammad ibn Seyfi Qazvini (1553-1615)is known as Mir-Emad .It is believed that calligraphy in Nastaliq script reached its peak of magnificence in Mir Emad's works and current practice of nastaliq closely follows his manner.After completing his studies in the fields of science and calligraphy in his hometown Qazvin,he traveled to Tabriz and the Ottoman Empire.He then returned to Iran,serving in the court of Shah Abbas Safavi,and was later murdered in 1615 at the behesht of Shah Abbas.The tomb of the famed calligrapher is located in the small courtyard of the Maqsud-Bayk Mosque in Isfahan