Artist
Mir Amad al Husaini
Mir Amad al Husaini is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Calligraphy saved his neck once—Mir Amad wrote a royal decree so perfectly the Safavid shah pardoned him on the spot. He spent his life bending words into spirals and knots, turning ink into architecture that dances on the page. You’ll find this kind of hypnotic script at Qom’s Fatima shrine, where pilgrims trace its curves like a maze meant to lose you in God.
Works by Mir Amad al Husaini
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.