A BAHA'I CALLIGRAPHY PANEL SIGNED MISHKIN QALAM Iran, dated 1301...
A BAHA'I CALLIGRAPHY PANEL SIGNED MISHKIN QALAM
Iran, dated 1301 AH (1883 AD)
Persian text on lined paper, comprising two lines written in nasta'liq script in black ink, surrounded by a cloud-shaped cartouche against a gilded ground, enclosed within a double frame outlined with multiple fillets and a broader pale blue marbled border, signed 'Mishkin Qalam' and dated '1301 AH'; the text reads: 'Ta bar falak aftab bashad, zat-e to falak-jenab bashad - As long as the sun shines upon the heavens, may your noble being endure as the heavens themselves.'
29.7cm x 37.5cm
Mishkin Qalam (1826–1912), born Mirza Husayn Isfahani in Iran, was a celebrated Persian calligrapher and scribe whose talent attracted the attention of the Qajar ruler Nasir Al-Din Shah, who bestowed upon him the name 'Mishkin Qalam' ('Black' or 'Musk-scented Pen'). While serving at the Qajar court in Tabriz, he embraced the Bahá’í Faith and later travelled to Adrianople, where he became a scribe to Bahá’u’lláh. Following Bahá’u’lláh’s exile to Acre in 1868, Mishkin Qalam was sent to Cyprus before eventually joining the Bahá’í community in Acre. He spent his later years in India and Acre, producing transcriptions of Bahá’í writings and becoming particularly renowned for his elaborate tughra compositions and figural calligraphies incorporating Bahá’í texts.
For further references on the subject see:
Rafati, V., and Schimmel, A., Mishkín Qalam: XIX Century Artist & Calligrapher, Society for Persian Letters & Arts, Landegg Academy, Darmstadt, Reyhani, 1992.
Oeming-Badiee, J., and Badiee, H., The Calligraphy of Mishkín-Qalam, Journal of Bahá’í Studies, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1–22, 1990-91.
Stermotich Cappellari, F., The Calligraphic Art of Mishkin Qalam, in Yuka Kadoi (ed.), Persian Art: Image-Making in Eurasia, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 133–156, 2018.
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A BAHA'I CALLIGRAPHY PANEL SIGNED MISHKIN QALAM
Iran, dated 1301 AH (1883 AD)
Persian text on lined paper, comprising two lines written in nasta'liq script in black ink, surrounded by a cloud-shaped cartouche against a gilded ground, enclosed within a double frame outlined with multiple fillets and a broader pale blue marbled border, signed 'Mishkin Qalam' and dated '1301 AH'; the text reads: 'Ta bar falak aftab bashad, zat-e to falak-jenab bashad - As long as the sun shines upon the heavens, may your noble being endure as the heavens themselves.'
29.7cm x 37.5cm
Mishkin Qalam (1826–1912), born Mirza Husayn Isfahani in Iran, was a celebrated Persian calligrapher and scribe whose talent attracted the attention of the Qajar ruler Nasir Al-Din Shah, who bestowed upon him the name 'Mishkin Qalam' ('Black' or 'Musk-scented Pen'). While serving at the Qajar court in Tabriz, he embraced the Bahá’í Faith and later travelled to Adrianople, where he became a scribe to Bahá’u’lláh. Following Bahá’u’lláh’s exile to Acre in 1868, Mishkin Qalam was sent to Cyprus before eventually joining the Bahá’í community in Acre. He spent his later years in India and Acre, producing transcriptions of Bahá’í writings and becoming particularly renowned for his elaborate tughra compositions and figural calligraphies incorporating Bahá’í texts.
For further references on the subject see:
Rafati, V., and Schimmel, A., Mishkín Qalam: XIX Century Artist & Calligrapher, Society for Persian Letters & Arts, Landegg Academy, Darmstadt, Reyhani, 1992.
Oeming-Badiee, J., and Badiee, H., The Calligraphy of Mishkín-Qalam, Journal of Bahá’í Studies, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1–22, 1990-91.
Stermotich Cappellari, F., The Calligraphic Art of Mishkin Qalam, in Yuka Kadoi (ed.), Persian Art: Image-Making in Eurasia, Edinburgh University Press, pp. 133–156, 2018.
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