Ali Akbar Isfahani
Appearance
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Ali Akbar Isfahani(Persian:علی اکبر معمار اصفهانی) was a 17th-centuryPersianarchitectof theSafavid era.[1]He is best known for theShah Mosquecommissioned byShah Abbasand built in 1611–1631.[2]His name appears in an inscription in the mosque above the doorway of the entranceiwancomplex of the mosque.[3]
Isfahani was born in 985 AH (1577 AD). He was a pupil ofBadi' al-Zaman Yazdi,the grand architect ofShah Abbas.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ab"برشی از زندگی علیاکبر اصفهانی؛ معمار شاخص دوره صفویه".پایگاه خبری وزارت راه و شهرسازی(in Persian). ILNA. 15 September 2016.Retrieved20 April2017.
- ^Lonely Planet Iran.Lonely Planet. September 2017.ISBN9781786575364.
- ^Kishwar Rizvi, ed. (19 October 2017).Affect, Emotion, and Subjectivity in Early Modern Muslim Empires.Brill. pp. 29–30.ISBN9789004352841.