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Iranian calligrapher active at Timurid court in Herat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jaʿfar Tabrīzī Persian: جعفر تبریزی (full name: Mawlana Farīd al-Dīn Jaʿfar b. ʿAlī Tabrīzī Baysunghurī) (also known as Qeblat al-Kottāb)[1] (fl 1412-31) was a Persian calligrapher and master of nastaliq script.
was a renowned master in calligraphy as well as a poet and scribe in the 15th century. He was noted for being competent in Nastaʿlīq as well as other six classical scripts. His prominent student, Azhar Tabrizi once called Ja'far the second founder of Nastaʿlīq asserting that he even surpassed his teacher.