Calligrapher/ Historian
Qāżī Aḥmad Ibrāhīmī ibn Mīr Munšī Ḥusaynī Qummī was trained as a calligrapher at early age and spent most of his life attached to the Safavid rulers and their court. In 984-5/1576–7 he was ordered by Safavid ruler Šāh Ismāʿīl II to began composing what would become his most famous work, Ḫulāṣaħ al-tavārīḫ, which remains one of the most important sources for Safavid history.
Gulistān-i Hunār (=Taẕkirah-yi ḫwuš-nivīsān va naqqāšān)
Gulistān-i Hunār, also referred to as aẕkirah-yi ḫwuš-nivīsān va naqqāšān, is a collection of notices of calligraphists, illuminators or manuscripts and other similar artisans. It was composed ca. 1005–6/1597–8.
Ḫulāṣaħ al-tavārīḫ
Ḫulāṣaħ al-tavārīḫ supposedly once consisted of five volumes, however, only the fifth volume is extant. The fifth volume is a history of the Safavids from the beginning of their rule to the year 999/1590–1. The work was dedicated to Šāh ʿAbbās I in 999/1591. The work was most likely composed between the years 995/1587 and 1000/1592.