(b c. 1617; fl Isfahan, 1635-97). Persian illustrator and painter. Numerous works clearly signed in black ink mu`in musavvir ('Mu`in the painter') establish the dates of this artist's activity. He codified the style developed by his teacher RIZA and remained impervious to the eclecticism of late 17th-century art (see ISLAMIC ART,
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