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| Kamaluddin Behzad |
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| Written by Administrator | |
| Sunday, 23 July 2006 | |
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( 1450(60?)-1535 ) Master calligrapher and miniature painter who founded the Herati school of miniatur painting. Hewas a protege of Shir All Nawa'i, Sultan Husain Baiqara's prime minister. After the Safavid ruler Shah Ismail captured Herat in 1510, he took Behzad to Tabriz where he became director of the royal library and continued the tradition. Betzad died at age 100 in Tabriz. |
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