Mohammad Zaman
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Muhammad Paolo Zaman Kirmani known as Muhammad Zaman (fl. 1680 – c. 1700), a famous Safavid calligrapher and painter.
Life
He was a native of Kirman, Persia. He received his education in Tabriz. He was sent to Rome under the reign of Shah Abbas II. He returned to Persia as a Catholic Christian with the name Paolo.[1] Because of his conversion to Roman Catholicism he was obliged to escape from Persia to India where he obtained the protection of the Moghul dynasty.
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Muhammad Zaman was influenced by Italian painting techniques. However, as Ivanov suggests, Muhammad Zaman studied under a European artist in Isfahan, Persia, and the report of his being sent by Shah Abbas II to study in Italy, where he adopted Roman Catholic Christianity, is no more than a colourful legend.[2]
It is reported[by whom?] that Manucci the famous traveller made the acquaintance of Muhammad Zaman at the court of Aurangzib.
References
- ^ books.google.com.br
- ^ History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Development in contrast : from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth by Chahryar Adle, Irfan Habib
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