Mirza Ali was a painter of Persian miniatures in the 16th and 17th centuries. He was the son of the prominent painter Sultan Mohammed. Born in Tabriz, he was raised at the city's scriptorium, which belonged to the Safavid shah (king) Tahmasp I.
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![The Sasanian emperor Khosrow II listening to Barbad playing the lute, Made by Mirza Ali as part of the Khamsa of Nizami in 1539-43 at Tabriz. Stored in the British Library.[1]](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/1280px-%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)
Artists born in the 1510s 6
About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1510 to 1570 · aged 60
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8 languages
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