Aqa Mirak, the Glossary
Aqa Mirak (Persian: آقا میرک) (fl. 1520 – Qazvin, 1576) was a Persian illustrator and painter.[1]
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19 relations: Ahmad Monshi Ghomi, Dust Muhammad, Ferdowsi, Floruit, Haft Awrang, Iran, Khamsa of Nizami (British Library, Or. 12208), Layla and Majnun, Mashhad, Mir Musavvir, Persian language, Persian miniature, Qazvin, Safavid dynasty, Shah, Shahnameh, Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, Tabriz, Tahmasp I.
- 16th-century Iranian painters
- 16th-century painters from Safavid Iran
- Iranian miniature painters
Ahmad Monshi Ghomi
Ahmad Monshi Ghomi, also known as Ghazi Ahmad, was a Persian author and calligrapher. Aqa Mirak and Ahmad Monshi Ghomi are 16th-century Iranian painters.
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Dust Muhammad
Dust Muhammad (or Doust Muhammad) was a Persian painter of miniatures, calligrapher, and art historian, active from about 1510 to 1564. Aqa Mirak and Dust Muhammad are 16th-century Iranian painters and Iranian miniature painters.
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Ferdowsi
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (ابوالقاسمفردوسی توسی; 940 – 1019/1025), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (فردوسی), was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries.
Floruit
Floruit (abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active.
Haft Awrang
Haft Awrang (هفت اورنگ, meaning "Seven Thrones") by the Persian poet Jami is a classic of Persian literature composed some time between 1468 and 1485.
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
Khamsa of Nizami (British Library, Or. 12208)
The illuminated manuscript Khamsa of Nizami British Library, Or.
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Layla and Majnun
Layla and Majnun (مجنون ليلى "Layla's Mad Lover"; laylâ-o-majnun) is an old story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Arabic poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his lover Layla bint Mahdi (later known as Layla al-Aamiriya).
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Mashhad
Mashhad (مشهد) is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran.
Mir Musavvir
Mir Musavvir (fl. 1510–48, died 1555) was a Persian painter at the Safavid court at Tabriz and later the Mughal court at Kabul. Aqa Mirak and Mir Musavvir are 1576 deaths, 16th-century Iranian painters and Iranian miniature painters.
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Persian language
Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.
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Persian miniature
A Persian miniature (Persian: نگارگری ایرانی negârgari Irâni) is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa.
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Qazvin
Qazvin (قزوین) is a city in the Central District of Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.
Safavid dynasty
The Safavid dynasty (Dudmâne Safavi) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from 1501 to 1736.
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Shah
Shah (شاه) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Indian and Iranian monarchies.
Shahnameh
The Shahnameh (lit), also transliterated Shahnama, is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran.
Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp (شاهنامه شاهطهماسب) or Houghton Shahnameh is one of the most famous illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnameh, the national epic of Greater Iran, and a high point in the art of the Persian miniature. Aqa Mirak and Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp are Iranian miniature painters.
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Tabriz
Tabriz (تبریز) is a city in the Central District of Tabriz County, in the East Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran.
Tahmasp I
Tahmasp I (translit or تهماسب یکم; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 until his death in 1576. Aqa Mirak and Tahmasp I are 1576 deaths.
See also
16th-century Iranian painters
- Abd al-Samad
- Abd ol-Baghi Tabrizi
- Aboutorab Esfahani
- Ahmad Monshi Ghomi
- Alaeddin Tabrizi
- Ali Asghar (painter)
- Ali Reza Abbasi
- Aqa Mirak
- Dust Muhammad
- Farrukh Beg
- Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād
- Mahmud Muzahhib
- Malek Deylami
- Mir Ali Heravi
- Mir Emad Hassani
- Mir Musavvir
- Mirza Ali
- Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi
- Reza Abbasi
- Sadiqi Beg
- Sultan Mohammed
16th-century painters from Safavid Iran
- Ali Asghar (painter)
- Aqa Mirak
- Bahram Mirza Safavi
- Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād
- Reza Abbasi
- Siyâvush Beg Gorji
Iranian miniature painters
- Abd al-Hayy
- Abd al-Samad
- Abu'l-Hasan Sani al-Mulk
- Ali Asghar (painter)
- Aliquli Jabbadar
- Allahverdi Afshar
- Aqa Mirak
- Chingiz Akhmarov
- Clara Abkar
- Dust Muhammad
- Farrukh Beg
- Hossein Behzad
- Ibn al-Bawwab
- Junayd (illustrator)
- Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād
- Mir Musavvir
- Mir Sayyid Ali
- Mirza Ali
- Mirza Kadym Irevani
- Mo'en Mosavver
- Mohammad Hasan Afshar
- Mohammad Yusef the Painter
- Reza Abbasi
- Sadiqi Beg
- Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp
- Shaykh 'Abbasi
- Siyâvush Beg Gorji
- Sultan Mohammed