Aḥmad Nayrīzī, b. Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad (alive in 1151/1738), one of the greatest Iranian calligraphers in the naskh script.
Life
Even though the major part of his artistic life took place in the 12th/18th century, the contemporary written sources give no information on him. Muḥammad ʿAlī al-Qūjānī (Mīrzā Sanglākh), in his Tadhkirat al-khaṭṭāṭīn, was the first person to give an account of Aḥmad Nayrīzī’s life. This account was largely fictional but unfortunately was used uncritically …