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拍品專文
Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi was born around the year 1437-38 AD. He was considered first among equals by calligraphers of the period. In his famous treatise Qadi Ahmad describes Sultan 'Ali's writing among other writings as the sun among other planets. He was active at the court of Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara in Herat. Following the invasion of Herat, he returned to his hometown Mashhad where he died on 10 Rabi' I AH 926/2 March 1520 AD. (V. Minorsky, Calligraphers and Painters, A Treatise by Qadi Ahmad, son of Mir Munshi, Washington, 1959, pp. 101-103). His numerous recorded works include inscriptions in Herat and are dated between AH 849/1444-45 AD and AH 923/1517-18 AD.