{"id":16984,"date":"2012-03-30T10:03:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T14:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/one-thousand-and-one-nights-1853\/"},"modified":"2012-03-30T10:03:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T14:03:41","slug":"one-thousand-and-one-nights-1853","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/one-thousand-and-one-nights-1853\/","title":{"rendered":"One thousand and One nights (1853)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sani-al-Mulk\u2019s illustrations for \u201cOne thousand and One nights\u201d – (c. 1853).
\nMirza Abol-Hassan Khan Ghaffari Kashani, also known as ‘Abol-Hassan the Second’ and ‘Sani-al-Mulk’, is considered the first teacher of European style of painting in Iran. <\/p>\n

Son of the early 19th century painter and graphic artist, Mirza Mohammad Ghaffari, Sani al-Mulk was born in 1814 in Kashan. Master Mehr-Ali Esfahani, the famous painter and naqqashbashi (grand painter) of Fath-Ali Shah of Qajar tutored him in painting. Sani-al-Mulk passed away in 1866 at the age of 52.<\/p>\n