Among the exiles, neighbors, and
prisoners there was… the eminent calligrapher, Mishkin-Qalam.
He wielded a musk-black pen, and his brows shone with faith. He was among the
most noted of mystics, and had a witty and subtle mind. The fame of this
spiritual wayfarer reached out to every land. He was the leading calligrapher
of Persia and well known to all the great; he enjoyed a special position among
the court ministers of Tihrán, and with them he was solidly established. He was
famed throughout Asia Minor; his pen was the wonder of all calligraphers, for
he was adept at every calligraphic style. He was besides, for human virtues, a
bright star.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (‘Memorials of the Faithful’)
