إسماعيل جلاير (حياته–أعماله–أسلوبه الفني)‎

الملخص EN

During the Qajari Period, Iran provided us with a numerous art works that defined the name of the artisan Isma'il Ğalāyir, These works show an advanced stage of Iranian art during the period which extends from the end of the 13th century/ 19th AD until the beginning of the 14th century AH/20th AD, it also reflects some of the prevailing trends of art during this period and it also displays the ideological and religious trends at the time.

It is worthy saying that Isma'il Ğalāyir is considered one of the most prominent artisans of the Qajari court in general and Nāsir al-Dīn Šāh Qağār (1264-1313/1848-1896) in particular.

Despite his fame and artistic activity during the second half of the 13th century/19th AD, most of his works are unknown to most researchers, so far, whereas most of them had been survived.

These surviving works helps us to shed light to the dates and to extract the most important features of his artistic style and the characteristics of his works, especially when the sources and references are lack in mentioning any details on it, and there is no any separate study for this subject.

The study will deal with four topics.

The first is related to the life of Isma'il Ğalāyir.

The second tackles his artistic works, as well as his illustrated and written ones, with a description of his most prominent works.

The third topic analyzes the general features of Isma'il Ğalāyir's artistic style.

The last topic is concerned with the impact of sectarian beliefs on his works.