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Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād

1450 - 1535

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Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (c. 1455/60–1535), also known as Kamal al-din Bihzad or Kamaleddin Behzād (Persian: کمال‌الدین بهزاد), was a Persian painter and head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid eras. He is regarded as marking the highpoint of the great tradition of Islamic miniature painting. He was well known for his very prominent role as kitābdār (the chairman of a library) in the Herat Academy as well as his position in the Royal Library in the city of Herat. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād is the 254th most popular painter (up from 255th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 19th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Painter.

Kamāl ud-dīn behzād is most famous for the painting of the Mughal emperor Akbar.

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Among painters, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ranks 254 out of 2,023. Before him are Lorenzo Lotto, Alexandre Cabanel, Baldassare Peruzzi, Kees van Dongen, Edwin Landseer, and Franz Xaver Winterhalter. After him are Judith Leyster, István Sándorfi, Hans Holbein the Elder, Sebastiano del Piombo, Antoine-Jean Gros, and Joshua Reynolds.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ranks 8. Before him are Hieronymus Bosch, Josquin des Prez, John Cabot, Luca Signorelli, Ibrahim Lodi, and Yejong of Joseon. After him are Kara Ahmed Pasha, Pêro da Covilhã, Martin Schongauer, Gerard David, Diogo Dias, and Francisco de Almeida. Among people deceased in 1535, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ranks 3. Before him are Thomas More, and Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. After him are Francesco II Sforza, Lorenzo Costa, Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Ippolito de' Medici, John Fisher, Gustav Trolle, and Bartolomeo Tromboncino.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ranks 30 out of 177. Before him are Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Humayun (1508), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), and Abu Maʿshar (787). After him are Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), and Khalil Sultan (1384).

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Among PAINTERS In Afghanistan

Among painters born in Afghanistan, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād ranks 1. 

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