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mahal-colophone Mahallati's calligraphy

Zeinolabedin Mahallati or Zayn al-Abidin ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Mahallati

(Persian: زين العابدين محلاتي ; Arabic: زين العابدين بن محمد بن علي المحلاتي )

an eminent Persian calligrapher who was active in the period around 1870s. He lived in Mahallat, the birth town of Aga Khan II Ali Shah, under the Qajari Persia. He produced several gold illuminated Korans and Tafsir books.

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