Malek Deylami
Iranian calligrapher
Molana Malek Deylami (1518 – 1562) was a Persian scrivener and calligrapher in the 16th century. He was born and died in Qazvin. He was a skillful Nastaliq calligrapher, who wrote bold and fine scripts skillfully.
Biography
Deylami's first teacher was his father, Shohreh Amir, who taught him Thuluth and Naskh. Later, when Rostam Ali Khorassani and Hafez Baba Jan went to Qazvin, he learnt Nastaliq from them. Molana Malek was the teacher of the Safavid prince, Abolfazl Soltan Ibrahim Mirza, an art lover from the house of Safavids. He was not an ambitious man and, for that reason, was a favorite of Tahmasp I.
Mirza married the Shah's daughter, Gohar Solatn, in 1556. He was appointed governor of Mashhad, where was the living and burial place of his father. Mirza took Molana Malek as the painting teacher and curator of his library to Mashhad, but after 3 or 4 years he was called back to Qazvin by Tahmasp I for writing and inscription on the new royal building; This was no later than 1561. During this time, he wrote the manuscript of Jami's Haft Awrang, which became one of the most famous manuscripts.
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