A FINE NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Gouache colour heightened with gold on paper, consisting of four lines of strong Nasta'liq script ( Nada Ali) within cloud bands, set against a gilt ground of scrolling flowers and foliage, signed in the corner with '' copied by Muhammed after Imad al-Husayni'', ruled with a blue margin decorated with gilt flower scrolls, glued on cardboard.
29 by 19 cm.

Mir Imad al-Husayni was born in Qazvin, where he had his early education. He was trained in calligraphy at first by Isa Rangkar and then Malek Deylami. Mir Imad later on moved to Tabriz to study with Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi, after which he moved to Ottoman Turkey. He returned to Semnan and worked as a scribe in Shah Abbas's library and later at his court in Isfahan. In Shah Abbas's court, Mir Imad was not the only calligrapher. Ali Reza Abbasi Tabrizi, another famous calligrapher, was also under Shah's patronage. Ali Reza Abbasi's was also a pupil of Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi (Mir Imad's teacher) and later on became Mir Imad's opponent.