Kamal ud-Din Behzad
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Kamal ud-Din Behzad 🇦🇫

کمال‌الدین بهزاد (Known as "Behzad")
Supreme Master of Persian Miniature Painting, Head of the Royal Ateliers
Born c. 1450 🇦🇫 Herat, Afghanistan
Passed Away 1535 Tabriz, Iran
Lifespan 85 years old
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"To paint a scene is not merely to arrange colors, but to breathe life into stone and give a beating heart to every figure upon the page."

Archival Overview

Supreme master of Persian miniature painting whose psychological realism and architectural dynamism defined the ateliers of Herat and Tabriz.

Biographical Record

Kamal ud-Din Behzad was born in Herat and trained under Mirak Naqqash, flourishing under the brilliant patronage of the Timurid Sultan Husayn Bayqarah and his vizier Alisher Navoi. Following the Safavid rise, Shah Ismail I brought Behzad to Tabriz in 1522, appointing him head (ketabdar) of the royal imperial library and ateliers.

Behzad revolutionized Persian manuscript illumination by introducing realistic human movement, subtle facial expressions, complex architectural perspectives, and scenes of everyday labor alongside royal epics. His illustrations for Nizami's Khamsa and Saadi's Bustan are celebrated worldwide as the zenith of Islamic painting.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Do Kamal Cemetery (beside Kamal Khujandi)
Tabriz, Iran
GPS: 38.0800, 46.2900
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