Ghaffari family

Illustration of the sons of Farrokh Khan, made by his cousin Abu'l-Hasan Sani al-Mulk in c. 1858

The Ghaffari family is an Iranian family of artists, jurists and bureaucrats from Kashan.[1][2]

Notable members include:[3]

• Abu'l-Hasan Mostawfi Ghaffari (died c. 1797/98)
• Khorshid Khanum Ghaffari (fl. 1834/1835)
• Farrokh Khan (1812–1871)
• Mirza Hashem Khan Ghaffari (died 1877)[4]
• Abu'l-Hasan Sani al-Mulk (1814–1866)
• Abu Torab Ghaffari (died 1890)
• Yahya Ghaffari (died between 1894–1905)
• Kamal-ol-molk (1848–1940)
• Mohammad-Ebrahim Khan Ghaffari (1859/60 – November/December 1918)[5]

References

1. Floor 1999, pp. 141–142.
2. Bloom & Blair 2009.
3. Floor 1999, pp. 141–145.
4. Gaffary 1989, pp. 946–947.
5. Eslami 2000, pp. 250–251.

Sources

• Bloom, Jonathan; Blair, Sheila (2009). "Ghaffari". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195309911.
• Eslami, Kambiz (2000). "Amīn-e ḵalwat". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. ISBN 978-0710090959.
• Floor, Willem (1999). "Art (Naqqashi) and Artists (Naqqashan) in Qajar Persia". Muqarnas. 13. Brill: 125–154. JSTOR 1523268. (registration required)
• Gaffary, F. (1989). "Amīn-e ḵalwat". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation. ISBN 978-0710090959.