Abū al-Qāsim Farhang (1242–1309/1827–1892) was an Iranian man of letters, lexicographer, poet, calligrapher, and painter.
Calligraphy and Painting
Authors contemporary with Farhang considered him one of the greatest masters of calligraphy. Fasāʾī (lithograph ed., 2/70) referred to the ‘artistic creations of his skilful pen’ as ‘the illuminator of the eyes of those who have vision’. Furṣat (p. 355) described his handwriting as ‘felicitous’; Iʿtimād al-Sa…