Sultan Muhammad Nur

سلطان محمد نور

1472 CE · 877 AH† – 1536 CE · 942 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Draft card for Sultan Muhammad Nur, the Persian calligrapher counted among the early-Safavid masters of nasta'liq; his entry is not yet checked on the page.

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Roles
calligrapher
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Persia & Central Asia
Identifiers
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Life in time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Gunpowder Empires · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: al-Dalji al-'Uthmani · al-Tanbadhawi al-Bakri al-Siddiqi · al-Tayyib al-Makhrama al-'Adani · Askia Muhammad I · Guru Nanak

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Career

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Sources

  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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