Abu'l-Hasan Mostawfi Ghaffari dating history

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"From the age of seven, I spent ten years learning to paint. However, because my father did not want me to do this, Mirza Muhammad Burujirdi who was a friend of my father and also worked at the court of the Zands, at my father's request once started talking about the prerequisites for painting. He advised me, "Even though painting is a delicate art and an honest trade, it provides an uncertain livelihood and is considered beneath the dignity of a man—certainly that of a man of your rank. It therefore behoves you to follow in the footsteps of your father.""