Sultan Ali Mashhadi
Sultan Ali Mashhadi was a calligrapher, poet, scribe and writer (1435–1519). He was born at Mashhad.
Also recorded as Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi; Sultan `Ali Mashhadi; Sultan 'Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Mashhadi; Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi.
Overview
Born at Mashhad in 1435, died at Mashhad in 1519.
Formation and teaching
He trained under Az'har Tabrizi and Hafez Haji Mohammad.
As a teacher, Sultan Ali Mashhadi is recorded in connection with Sultan Muhammad Khandan, Mir Ali Heravi, Sultan Muhammad Nur, Abdi Nishapuri, Mohammad Abrishami and Sultanali Sabz Mashhadi. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Catalogued works
7 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service. Their recorded dates run from 1485 to 1600.
Sirat al-Sutur. Seven Planets, dated 1485, held by Bodleian Library, inventory LI1432.3. Page from a dispersed muraqqa‘, or album, with calligraphic specimens in nasta’liq script, held by Ashmolean Museum, inventory EA2012.82. Illuminated folio (recto) from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291), held by Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2006.147.a. Illuminated folio from a Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa'di (c. 1213–1291), held by Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 2006.148.b. Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), dated 1600, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 63.210. "Funeral Procession", Folio 35r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds), dated 1486, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 63.210.35.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 4 named public collections.
Cleveland Museum of Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Ashmolean Museum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Bodleian Library: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Sultan ‛Ali Mashhadi, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Identifying and Introducing of Nastaliq Inscriptions Calligraphers in Safavids Monuments of Iran, نگره, 2019.
Digitised editions and texts
3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa`di and Hafiz — Internet Archive. Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i (1499) — Internet Archive. Folio of Poetry From the Divan of Sultan Husayn Mirza (1490) — Internet Archive.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
training under Az'har Tabrizi and Hafez Haji Mohammad is recorded. Sultan Muhammad Khandan, Mir Ali Heravi and Sultan Muhammad Nur are recorded as having studied under Sultan Ali Mashhadi.
Work by Sultan Ali Mashhadi is recorded in the collections of Ashmolean Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Chronology
- 1435Sultan Ali Mashhadi born at Mashhad.
- 1485Seven Planets (Bodleian Library).
- 1490Folio of Poetry From the Divan of Sultan Husayn Mirza digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1499Divan (Collected Works) of Mir 'Ali Shir Nava'i digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1519Sultan Ali Mashhadi died at Mashhad.
- 1600Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds) (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
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“Sultan Ali Mashhadi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q5922231: Sultan Ali Mashhadi
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