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Description of prison life in one of the earlier pieces

Calligraphy in Prison

Mirza Mohammad Seifi Qazwini, also known as Emadolkottab (1861-1936), was a master calligrapher of Nasta'liq in the late Qajar period. Because of his membership in a terrorist group "Komiteye Mojazat - punishment committee" and writing the group's unsigned leaflets, he was arrested and spent five years of his life in prison.

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