Ali Akbar Isfahani
17th-century Persian architect
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Ali Akbar Isfahani (Persian: علی اکبر معمار اصفهانی) was a Persian architect of the Safavid era.[1] He is best known for the Shah Mosque commissioned by Shah Abbas and built in 1611–1631.[2] His name appears in an inscription in the mosque above the doorway of the entrance iwan complex of the mosque.[3]
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Isfahani was born in 985 AH (1577 AD). He was a pupil of Badi' al-Zaman Yazdi, the grand architect of Shah Abbas.[1]
