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Abd al-Samad

1500 - 1593

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'Abd al-Ṣamad or Khwaja 'Abd-us-Ṣamad was a 16th century painter of Persian miniatures who moved to India and became one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition, and later the holder of a number of senior administrative roles. 'Abd's career under the Mughals, from about 1550 to 1595, is relatively well documented, and a number of paintings are authorised to him from this period. From about 1572 he headed the imperial workshop of the Emperor Akbar and "it was under his guidance that Mughal style came to maturity". It has recently been contended by a leading specialist, Barbara Brend, that Samad is the same person as Mirza Ali, a Persian artist whose documented career seems to end at the same time as Abd al-Samad appears working for the Mughals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abd al-Samad is the 1,869th most popular painter (up from 1,913th in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Iran (up from 421st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Painter.

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Among painters, Abd al-Samad ranks 1,869 out of 2,023. Before him are Andrei Ryabushkin, Edwin Long, Dmitri Vrubel, Georg Holtzendorff, Paul McCarthy, and Vladimir Dimitrov. After him are Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg, Lucebert, Thomas Hudson, Jean Jacoby, Theodor Pallady, and Moshe Castel.

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Among people born in 1500, Abd al-Samad ranks 58. Before him are Leonardo III Tocco, Joachim Camerarius, João de Castro, García López de Cárdenas, Álvaro Fernandes, and Nicholas Ridley.  Among people deceased in 1593, Abd al-Samad ranks 12. Before him are Jacques Amyot, Maciej Stryjkowski, Symon Budny, Xu Wei, Louis III, Duke of Württemberg, and Hans Bol.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abd al-Samad ranks 404 out of 631. Before him are Viguen (1929), Abol-Fath Khan Zand (1755), Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (1940), Ali Abbasi (1981), Ali Parvin (1946), and Shahrnush Parsipur (1946). After him are Dariush Shayegan (1935), Mina Ahadi (1956), Ali Hatami (1944), Shahram Nazeri (1950), Dariush (1951), and Bahman Ghobadi (1969).

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Among PAINTERS In Iran

Among painters born in Iran, Abd al-Samad ranks 4. Before him are Reza Abbasi (1565), Kamal-ol-molk (1848), and Guity Novin (1944). After him are Ali Divandari (1957), and Shamsia Hassani (1988).

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