flourished 16th century
Persian miniature painter.
Born in Iran, he traveled to India and became one of the first members of the imperial atelier there. Through their teachings in India, he and fellow countryman Mughal painting . ʽAbd al-Ṣamad supervised the majority of illustrations in the Mughal manuscript Dāstān-e Amīr Ḥamzeh , or Hamzanama , which included about 1,400 paintings. Favoured at court, in 1576 he was appointed master of the mint, and in 1584 he was made dīwān (revenue commissioner) of Multan.