Goharshad Ghazvini, also known as Goharshad Hassani Ghazvini, was a prominent Persian calligrapher of Nastaʿlīq script in the 17th century. She was Mir Emad's daughter. She learned calligraphy when she was a teenager and learned Nastaʿlīq script from her father.[1]

After her father's death, she went in 1623 to her birthplace, Qazvin, Iran, and worked as a calligraphy teacher and stayed there until her death in 1628.[2]

References

  1. Mehdi Bayani Yassavoli (1966), Ahvâl o Âsâr e Xošnevisân (The Biographies and Works of Calligraphers), Elmi, p. 594
  2. "مؤسسه مطالعات تاريخ معاصر ايران IICHS". مؤسسه مطالعات تاريخ معاصر ايران IICHS (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-05-28.


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