Allah-Wirdī Afšār, Court Painter of ‘Abbās Mīrzā

Abbas Mirza’s efforts to organize the army led him to record military –style paintings, like the West military reports. Military-themed paintings already existed in various historical periods, such as the Safavid era. The important point in these paintings is the obvious difference in terms of the military aspect. It seems, among the painters of Abbas Mirza’s court, there is only about Allah-Verdi Afshar historical information on hand. He belonged to an artistic family from the Afshar tribe of Urmia. This article introduces a number of the painter’s works, which are preserved abroad including a damaged painting that has remained unknown for more than a hundred years. And also it intends to show that the political and diplomatic concepts of these works are more apparent than their artistic characteristic.