Mehdi Bayani was the founder and the first head of the National Library of Iran, specialist in Persian manuscripts and calligraphy, writer, researcher, and professor at the University of Tehran.
12 Facts About Mehdi Bayani
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Mehdi Bayani was born in 1906 in Hamedan, Qajar Iran.
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Mehdi Bayani studied elementary and calligraphy in the primary schools of "Aqdasiyeh" and "Ashraf".
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Mehdi Bayani spent his high school years at the Dar ul-Funun then entered the "Teachers High College" for a bachelor's degree in literary and philosophical sciences.
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Mehdi Bayani was a professor at the University of Tehran, where he taught "History of the Evolution of Islamic scripts" and "Bibliography of Manuscripts" courses.
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Mehdi Bayani founded an association to support and introduce calligraphers and the art of calligraphy called the "Association for the Support of Script and Calligraphers".
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Mehdi Bayani collaborated as an expert in manuscripts and prints with the National Library, the National Consultative Assembly's library and the Central Library of the University of Tehran due to his expertise in recognizing scripts and manuscripts.
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Mehdi Bayani himself had an elegant handwriting and was especially strong and skilled in Nastaliq.
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Mehdi Bayani is mentioned as one of the students of Mirza Hossein Khan Mostofi, a prominent calligrapher of the Qajar era.
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Mehdi Bayani was one of the founders of the Iranian-Soviet cultural association and a member of it, and worked for nearly 25 years to expand and strengthen the friendly and cultural ties between these two neighboring countries.
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Mehdi Bayani had many cultural missions to Asian, European and American countries.
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Lately, a virtual commemoration ceremony of Mehdi Bayani was held by the Society for the National Heritage of Iran on 21 October 2020.