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Safī al-Dīn Irmuwī in Tārīkh Wassāf
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Ali Taghavi *   |
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In the historical periods of Islamic Iran, particularly from the 4th century AH/ AD 10th century onward, many historical texts have been written the necessity of a careful reassessment and analysis of which is felt for extracting and recording details of art history of Iran. Despite making amendments to and publication of a number of such historical texts, there are still many ones not been amended nor published yet, nor even been referred to by researchers properly. Tārīkh Wassāf is a good, classic example of such texts in which its writer deals with biographies and works of artists as well as artistic matters, besides recounting historical events. Safī al-Dīn Irmuwī is among the artists mentioned in this book. The present essay aims to study the life and works of this distinguished artist from the perspective of the accounts of Tārīkh Wassāf. Irmuvī is mentioned here as an accomplished artist in music in four narrations, however not been referred to as a talented calligrapher. |
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| Keywords: art history of Iran, Tārīkh Wassāf, Safī al-Dīn Irmuwī, calligrapher |
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