{"id":17116,"date":"2013-02-19T00:49:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T05:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/calligraphy-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2013-02-19T00:49:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T05:49:03","slug":"calligraphy-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/calligraphy-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Calligraphy in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mirza Mohammad Seifi Qazwini, also known as Emadolkottab (1861-1936), was a master calligrapher of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasta%27liq_script\" title=\"Nasta'liq\" target=\"_blank\">Nasta&#8217;liq<\/a> in the late Qajar period. Because of his membership in a terrorist group &#8220;Komiteye Mojazat &#8211; punishment committee&#8221; and writing the group&#8217;s unsigned leaflets, he was arrested and spent five years of his life in prison.\n<\/p>\n<p>His calligraphy writing exercises during his imprisonment encompasses a wide variety of subjects, from Saadi Shirazi&#8217;s social and moral thoughts to Imam Ali&#8217;s letter to Malik Ashtar; from quotes from Tolstoy to writing down his own dreams. Emadolkottab was released from prison in 1921 at age 60.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12330\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12330\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-01.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12330\" title=\"Emadolkottab writes about his dream\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-01-580x749.jpg\" alt=\"Emadolkottab writes about his dream\" width=\"580\" height=\"749\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emadolkottab writes about his dream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12331\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12331\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12331\" title=\"A description of his feelings in prison\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-02-580x784.jpg\" alt=\"A description of his feelings in prison\" width=\"580\" height=\"784\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A description of his feelings in prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12332\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12332\" title=\"\u201c\u2026Praise to god who made the creatures of this land so stupid and ignorant\u2026\u201d\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-03-580x521.jpg\" alt=\"\u201c\u2026Praise to god who made the creatures of this land so stupid and ignorant\u2026\u201d\" width=\"580\" height=\"521\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201c\u2026Praise to god who made the creatures of this land so stupid and ignorant\u2026\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12336\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12336\" title=\"Quotations from Leo Tolstoy\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-04-580x759.jpg\" alt=\"Quotations from Leo Tolstoy\" width=\"580\" height=\"759\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quotations from Leo Tolstoy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12337\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12337\" title=\"Imam Ali\u2019s letter to his governor Malek Ashtar \" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-05-580x795.jpg\" alt=\"Imam Ali\u2019s letter to his governor Malek Ashtar\" width=\"580\" height=\"795\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imam Ali\u2019s letter to his governor Malek Ashtar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12338\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12338\" title=\"Emadolkottab\u2019s story of his imprisonment\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-06-580x768.jpg\" alt=\"Emadolkottab\u2019s story of his imprisonment\" width=\"580\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emadolkottab\u2019s story of his imprisonment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12340\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12340\" title=\"Part of Emadolkottab\u2019s daily notes in prison\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-07.jpg\" alt=\"Part of Emadolkottab\u2019s daily notes in prison\" width=\"533\" height=\"880\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part of Emadolkottab\u2019s daily notes in prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12341\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12341\" title=\"Description of life in prison\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-08-580x776.jpg\" alt=\"Description of life in prison\" width=\"580\" height=\"776\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Description of life in prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12342\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12342\" title=\"Emadolkottab asks for help from the spirits of the legendary calligraphers Mir-Emad and Kalhor\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-09-580x763.jpg\" alt=\"Emadolkottab asks for help from the spirits of the legendary calligraphers Mir-Emad and Kalhor\" width=\"580\" height=\"763\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emadolkottab asks for help from the spirits of the legendary calligraphers Mir-Emad and Kalhor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12344\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12344\" title=\"Description of prison life in the 23rd month\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-10-580x388.jpg\" alt=\"Description of prison life in the 23rd month\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Description of prison life in the 23rd month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12345\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12345\" title=\"Description of prison life after one year and seven days\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-11-580x746.jpg\" alt=\"Description of prison life after one year and seven days\" width=\"580\" height=\"746\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Description of prison life after one year and seven days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12346\" style=\"width: 363px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12346\" title=\"Description of prison life in one of the earlier pieces\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-12.jpg\" alt=\"Description of prison life in one of the earlier pieces\" width=\"363\" height=\"880\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Description of prison life in one of the earlier pieces<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12347\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12347\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12347\" title=\"Notes to the fellow Iranians\" src=\"http:\/\/shahrefarang.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Emad-13-580x709.jpg\" alt=\"Notes to the fellow Iranians\" width=\"580\" height=\"709\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Notes to the fellow Iranians<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mirza Mohammad Seifi Qazwini, also known as Emadolkottab (1861-1936), was a master calligrapher of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nasta%27liq_script\" title=\"Nasta'liq\" target=\"_blank\">Nasta&#8217;liq<\/a> in the late Qajar period. Because of his membership in a terrorist group &#8220;Komiteye Mojazat &#8211; punishment committee&#8221; and writing the group&#8217;s unsigned leaflets, he was arrested and spent five years of his life in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[436,435],"tags":[577,661,492],"class_list":["post-17116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-literature-2","category-visual-arts-2","tag-calligraphy-2","tag-prison-2","tag-qajar-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.shahrefarang.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}