Pir Ahmad Bagishamali

Pir Ahmad Bagishamali ( Persian پیر احمد از باغ ) - an artist and painter who lived in the 15th century under the Timurids . He was one of the main artists in the palace of Tamerlane . He is the author of miniatures and paintings on the walls of the palace garden of Bagh-i-Shamal and other palaces. He was a contemporary of another artist under the Timurids - Abdulkhai Baghdadi . After the death of Baghdadi, continued his style of painting.

Pir Ahmad Bagishamali
Persian. پیر احمد از باغ
Date of Birth	XV century
Place of Birth	probably Maverannahr
Date of death	XV or the beginning of the XVI century
Place of death	probably Maverannahr
Nationality	Empire of Timurids
Genre	painter
Style	persian painting

The works of Pir Ahmad Bagishamali have not survived to this day. According to some scholars, the double-page diptych of Jami’s book “The Golden Chain” stored in the Russian National Library of St. Petersburg was illustrated specifically by Pir Ahmad Bagishamali.