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Behzad

बहज़ाद
said beh-zaad
also written: Bihzad, Kamaluddin Behzad
Meaning

Kamaluddin Behzad (c. 1450-1535), the celebrated Persian miniature painter of Herat, regarded as the supreme master of the art.

Usage & notes

Behzad is the byword for matchless painterly skill; poets invoke his name for a beauty or an image so perfect it seems beyond the reach of even the greatest artist's brush.