Abstract
The calligrapher Mir Khalilullah, also known as Mir Khalil Bakharzi, was from the city of Bakharz in Khurasan. This could explain why Muhammad Salih Isfahani (d. 1714) called him Mir Khalil Haravi and Ghulam Muhammad Haft Qalami Dihlavi (d. 1823) described him as a sayyid (“Mir” signaling sayyid). In some biographical accounts and historical chronicles, the given name and pen name of Khalilullah have been mistaken, due to confusion stemming from the calligrapher’s variant signatures. In his Futuhat-i ‘Adil Shahi (Conquests of the ‘Adil Shahs, 1054/1645), for example, Hashim Beg “Fuzuni” Astarabadi (appendix, chap. 1, no. 47) variously gives him
three titles: Shah (king), Shah Khalilullah (King Khalilullah), and Shah Khalilullah-i “But-Shikan” (King Khalilullah the “Idol Destroyer” or
“Iconoclast”).
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Iran and the Deccan |
| Subtitle of host publication | Persianate Art, Culture, and Talent in Circulation |
| Editors | Keelan Overton |
| Place of Publication | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press |
| Chapter | 12 |
| Pages | 367–399 |
| Number of pages | 33 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780253048943 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2020 |
Keywords
- Persian Calligraphy
- Deccani Manuscripts
- Persianate Manuscripts
- Iran-Deccan relations
- Deccan Sultanates
- Bijapur
- ‘Adil Shahi Dynasty
- Ibrahim ‘Adil Shah II
- Shah ‘Abbas I
- Safavid Dynasty