{"id":11457,"date":"2021-05-27T07:12:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T07:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=11457"},"modified":"2021-05-27T07:12:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T07:12:36","slug":"most-unique-calligraphic-manual-of-them-all-principles-of-nastaliq-by-abdur-rasheed-dailmi-the-chief-calligrapher-of-emperor-shah-jahan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=11457","title":{"rendered":"MOST UNIQUE CALLIGRAPHIC MANUAL OF THEM ALL &#8211; PRINCIPLES OF NASTALIQ BY ABDUR RASHEED DAILMI &#8211; THE CHIEF CALLIGRAPHER OF EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MOST UNIQUE CALLIGRAPHIC MANUAL OF THEM ALL &#8211; PRINCIPLES OF NASTALIQ BY ABDUR RASHEED DAILMI &#8211; THE CHIEF CALLIGRAPHER OF EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-1-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11459\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11459\" class=\"wp-image-11459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-1-768x1153.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-1-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dailmi 1<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-2-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"636\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-2-636x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11460\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-2-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11460\" class=\"wp-image-11460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-2-636x1024.jpg 636w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-2-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-2-768x1237.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-2-953x1536.jpg 953w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-2-1271x2048.jpg 1271w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-2-scaled.jpg 1589w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dailmi 2<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-3-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11461\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-3.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11461\" class=\"wp-image-11461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-3-1024x744.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-3-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-3-768x558.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dailmi 3<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-4-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11462\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-4.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11462\" class=\"wp-image-11462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-4-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-4-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-4-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dailmi-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dailmi 4<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Calligraphy-Dara-Shikoh.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"569\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Calligraphy-Dara-Shikoh-569x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11458\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Calligraphy-Dara-Shikoh.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11458\" class=\"wp-image-11458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Calligraphy-Dara-Shikoh-569x1024.jpg 569w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Calligraphy-Dara-Shikoh-167x300.jpg 167w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Calligraphy-Dara-Shikoh-768x1382.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Calligraphy-Dara-Shikoh.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Calligraphy Dara Shikoh<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-and-Abdur-Rasheed-Dailmi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"591\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-and-Abdur-Rasheed-Dailmi-591x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"11463\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-and-Abdur-Rasheed-Dailmi.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?attachment_id=11463\" class=\"wp-image-11463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-and-Abdur-Rasheed-Dailmi-591x1024.jpg 591w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-and-Abdur-Rasheed-Dailmi-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-and-Abdur-Rasheed-Dailmi-768x1330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Dara-Shikoh-and-Abdur-Rasheed-Dailmi.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Dara Shikoh and Abdur Rasheed Dailmi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The great calligrapher of Iran, Mir Imad was pushed out for his religious beliefs. With him came his nephew Abdur Rasheed, and they both headed towards the Mughal kingdom. Mir Imad did not make it perhaps, Abdur Rasheed Dailmi settled in Lahore and appealed to Emperor Shah Jahan for help and job. The calligrapher was given a havelli in Lahore and was asked to give tuition to both Dara Shikoh and Jahan Ara in calligraphy. The rest is history.Abdur Rasheed Dailmi had written a manual on his specialized Nastaliq,\u00a0 but it seems to have got lost with time. A famous calligrapher family of Delhi not only saved the manual but made copies of it in their own style. A manual written in 1087 AH was finally saved for posteriority. All calligraphers should benefit from it. Students and scholars should study it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOST UNIQUE CALLIGRAPHIC MANUAL OF THEM ALL &#8211; PRINCIPLES OF NASTALIQ BY ABDUR RASHEED DAILMI &#8211; THE CHIEF CALLIGRAPHER OF EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN. The great calligrapher of Iran, Mir Imad was pushed out for his religious beliefs. With him came his nephew Abdur Rasheed, and they both headed towards the Mughal kingdom. 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