Sultan Ali Mashhadi
Iranian artist and calligrapher
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| Intro | Iranian artist and calligrapher | |
| Places | Iran | |
| was | Artist Calligrapher Poet | |
| Work field | Arts Creativity Literature | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1435, Mashhad | |
| Death | 1 January 1520 (aged 85 years) |
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Biography
Sultan Ali Mashhadi (1453-1520) was a Persian calligrapher and poet.
Education and career
Sultan Ali was born in Mashhad in 1453, and was orphaned at an early age. He was an autodidact and was later trained by Azhar (fl. 1421-72), or by one of Azhar's students.
From 1470 to 1506 Sultan Ali worked at the Timurid court in Herat for the royal author Sultan Husayn Bayqarah (1438–1506). His calligraphy primarily used the Nastaʿlīq script. He was also a poet. He died in Mashhad in 1520.