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Seyed Hossein Mirkhani, Expert in Nastaliq script
Born in 1907, Tehran, Iran
Father: Morteza, born in Lilian (Baraqan), who was also
lived in India and had many handwritten books.
Mother: Born in Shiraz
Seyed Hossein Mirkhani learned calligraphy from his father
and started producing handwritten books, when he was
eleven, with Sadi's books, whom he loved.
Later, he, a religious man, became expert in Nastaliq. He
was one of the founders and also the teacher of
"Association of Iranian Calligraphers".
1941
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Married
with "Zinatolmolouk Mokhber Farahmand"
and had 4 daughters and a son |
| 1959 |
Wrote
Quran (Muslim's Holly Book) with Nastaliq script. |
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He
received the "First Grade Art" medal
from Iran War Ministry and a letter of
commendations from Alazhar University of Egypt for
his Quran. |
| 1960 |
Again,
wrote Quran, but with large script |
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Then,
he forgot his knowledge on Iranian Traditional
Music, which has learned from "Baqer
Rameshgar", "Hossein Ismail-zadeh"
and "Reza Mahjoubi". |
| 1966 |
Travel
to Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
| 1967 |
Travel
to Karbala, Iraq |
| 1968 |
Travel
to Tabriz |
| 1969 |
Travel
to Meshed |
| 1979 |
Became
blind, because of diabetes |
| 1980 |
Travel
to Meshed |
| 1982 |
Deceased |
| 1989 |
In his
memorial, an Iranian stamp was printed |
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