(b ?1554; d Isfahan, 1615). Persian calligrapher. He studied calligraphy with Mulla Muhammad Tabrizi and then travelled extensively, visiting Anatolia, the Hijaz and Khurasan, where he served Farhad Khan Qaramanlu, commander-in-chief of the Safavid shah `Abbas I. After Farhad Khan's death in 1598, Mir `Imad moved to Qazvin and the following year settled in Isfahan, where he became one of the most famous masters of nasta`liq script at the court of `Abbas (see ISLAMIC ART,
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