Mirza Baba

Depiction of the victory of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar against Russians at the siege of Erivan in 1804 by Mirza Baba. It is kept at the National Museum of Iran in Tehran

Mirza Baba (Persian: میرزابابا; fl. 1785–c. 1830) was an Iranian painter from the Imami family of Isfahan, who worked at the court in Tehran during the reigns of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (r. 1789–1797) and Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (r. 1797–1834).[1][2]

Mirza Baba and Mihr 'Ali were the most prominent painters of the first two decades of 19th-century Iran.[3]

  1. ^ Bloom & Blair 2009.
  2. ^ Floor 1999, p. 140.
  3. ^ Floor 1999, p. 129.