![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Double-page_from_the_Ilkhanid_Qur%2527an_%2528TIEM_538%252C_ff._151b-152a%2529.jpg/640px-Double-page_from_the_Ilkhanid_Qur%2527an_%2528TIEM_538%252C_ff._151b-152a%2529.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Ahmad al-Suhrawardi
Iranian calligrapher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahmad al-Suhrawardi (1256 – 1340), was a Persian calligrapher and musician from Baghdad, who lived in the Ilkhanate era.[1]
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Double-page_from_the_Ilkhanid_Qur%27an_%28TIEM_538%2C_ff._151b-152a%29.jpg/640px-Double-page_from_the_Ilkhanid_Qur%27an_%28TIEM_538%2C_ff._151b-152a%29.jpg)
Belonging to a prominent family of mystics, Ahmad was most likely the grandson of the Sufi master Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (died 1234). Ahmad was the student of Yaqut al-Musta'simi (died 1298) and is said to have transcribed the Qur'an 33 times. Most famous of his works are two monumental 30-volume Qur'an manuscripts, illuminated by Muhammad ibn Aybak ibn 'Abdallah. Ahmad also designed many architectural inscriptions in Baghdad.[2]