# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/abd-al-samad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:22:54.347Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/abd-al-samad"
name: "Abd al-Samad"
slug: "abd-al-samad"
description: "'Abd al-Ṣamad or Khwaja 'Abd-us-Ṣamad Shirazi, was a 16th century painter of Persian miniatures who moved to India and became one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition, and later the holder of a number of senior administrative roles. 'Abd's career under the Mughals, from about 1550 to 1595, is relatively well documented, and a number of paintings are authorised to him from this period. From about 1572 he headed the imperial workshop of the Emperor Akbar and \"it was under his guidance that Mughal style came to maturity\". It has recently been contended by a leading specialist, Barbara Brend, that Samad is the same person as Mirza Ali, a Persian artist whose documented career seems to end at the same time as Abd al-Samad appears working for the Mughals."
tagline: "16th-century Persian painter (1500–1593)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0.%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%B5%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8._1539-43._%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82.%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB..jpg/330px-%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0.%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%B5%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8._1539-43._%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82.%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB..jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1500"
deathDate: "1593"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.35478933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Samad"
    title: "Abd al-Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A9_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%AF"
    title: "خواجة عبد الصمد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Fbd_%C9%99s-S%C9%99m%C9%99d"
    title: "Əbd əs-Səməd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4_%D3%99%D1%81-%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82"
    title: "Абд әс-Самат"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_as-Samad"
    title: "Abd as-Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Samad"
    title: "Abd al-Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Samad"
    title: "Abd al-Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C"
    title: "عبدالصمد شیرازی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Samad"
    title: "Abd al-Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6"
    title: "अब्दुस्समद"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%A2%D5%A4_%D5%A1%D5%BD-%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%A4"
    title: "Աբդ աս-Սամադ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khawaja_Abd_al-Samad"
    title: "Khawaja Abd al-Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%93_%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A-%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%98"
    title: "აბდ ალ-სამადი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4_%D3%99%D0%BB-%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Абд әл-Самад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%81%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "അബ്ദുൽ സമദ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_ul-Samad"
    title: "Abd ul-Samad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4_%D0%B0%D1%81-%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Абд ас-Самад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7%D3%A3"
    title: "Абдуссамади Шерозӣ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B4_%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4"
    title: "Абд аль-Самад"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q307497"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump