(b Tabriz; fl 1412-31). Persian calligrapher. According to the Safavid chronicler Dust Muhammad, Ja`far was trained in the classic six scripts by Shams al-Din Qattabi, whose line of tutelage went back to the 14th-century master `ABDALLAH SAYRAFI. Ja`far was trained in nasta`liq by `Abdallah, supposedly the son of MIR `ALI TABRIZI, the inventor of the script. Ja`far served at the court of the Timurid ruler Shahrukh (reg 1405-47) in Herat and supervised the scriptorium of Prince Baysunghur (see TIMURID,
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