Tehran’s Sadabad Cultural Historical Complex is playing host to a selection of calligraphy masterpieces by Mir-Emad for a month.

The Iranian artist and calligrapher Mohammad ibn Seyfi Qazvini (1553-1615) is known as Mir-Emad. It is believed that calligraphy in nastaliq script reached its peak of magnificence in Mir Emad’s works and current practice of nastaliq closely follows his technique.

“A selection of nine masterpieces has been on display at the Museum of Fine Art of the complex since December 19,” said curator of Mir-Emad Museum. The museum is also located inside the Sadabad complex.

Mir-Emad completed his studies in the fields of science and calligraphy in his hometown of Qazvin, and then traveled to Tabriz and the Ottoman Empire. He then returned to Iran, serving in the court of Shah Abbas Safavi, and was later murdered in 1615 at the behest of Shah Abbas.

The tomb of the famed calligrapher is located in the small courtyard of the Maqsud-Beyk Mosque in Isfahan.