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  "ar": "درايت خان (عبد الله)",
  "en": "Darayat Khan (Abdallah), calligrapher",
  "ur": "درایت خان (عبد اللہ)"
 },
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  "ar": "خطاط مغولي، ابن كفايت خان، تعلم الشكسته من أبيه ثم ابتكر طريقة خاصة سميت «درايت خاني»، واتفق أهل الفن على أنه فاق أباه {cite:salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 p. 153}.",
  "en": "Mughal calligrapher, son of Kifayat Khan, who learned shikasta from his father and then devised a manner of his own called 'Darayat Khani'; masters of the art agree that he surpassed his father {cite:salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 p. 153}.",
  "ur": "مغل خطاط، کفایت خان کے بیٹے، جنہوں نے شکستہ اپنے والد سے سیکھا اور پھر ایک خاص طرز ایجاد کی جسے «درایت خانی» کہتے ہیں؛ اساتذۂ فن متفق ہیں کہ وہ اپنے والد سے بڑھ گئے {cite:salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 p. 153}۔"
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  "arts-of-the-book"
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  "gender": "male",
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   "calligrapher"
  ],
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   "source/salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001"
  ],
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "source/salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 scan pp. 153",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "درايت خان اسمه الأصلي عبد الله، ابن [[person/kifayat-khan-calligrapher|كفايت خان]]، وكان مثل أبيه متصلًا بالبلاط المغولي. تعلّم [[concept/shikasta-script|الشكسته]] من أبيه، ثم ابتكر بالمران طرزًا خاصًا سمي «درايت خاني». {cite:salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 p. 153}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "منزلته",
     "markdown": "يقول «تاريخ خط وخطاطين» إن أهل الفن متفقون على أنه كان يكتب خيرًا من أبيه، وإن غلام محمد صاحب «تذكره خوش نويسان» بالغ في مدحه حتى قال إن [[person/mir-ali-tabrizi|مير علي التبريزي]] لو عاش ورأى خط درايت خان لنسي نستعليقه. وفي «بياض بختاور خان» نموذج من خطه. {cite:salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 p. 153}"
    }
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    "lang": "ar",
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     "source": "source/salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 scan pp. 153"
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   "updated": "2026-11-04"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Darayat Khan's real name was Abdallah; he was the son of [[person/kifayat-khan-calligrapher|Kifayat Khan]] and, like his father, attached to the Mughal court. He learned [[concept/shikasta-script|shikasta]] from his father and then, through practice, devised a style of his own called \"Darayat Khani\". {cite:salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 p. 153}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Standing",
     "markdown": "Tarikh-i Khatt o Khattatin says masters of the art agree that he wrote better than his father, and that Ghulam Muhammad, author of the Tazkira-i Khushnavisan, praised him so highly as to say that had [[person/mir-ali-tabrizi|Mir Ali Tabrizi]] lived to see Darayat Khan's hand he would have forgotten his own nasta'liq. A specimen of his hand is preserved in the Bayaz of Bakhtawar Khan. {cite:salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 p. 153}"
    }
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     "source": "source/salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 scan pp. 153",
     "translator_of": "content/ar/person/darayat-khan-calligrapher.md"
    }
   },
   "updated": "2026-11-04"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "درایت خان کا اصلی نام عبد اللہ تھا؛ وہ [[person/kifayat-khan-calligrapher|کفایت خان]] کے بیٹے اور اپنے والد کی طرح مغل دربار سے وابستہ تھے۔ [[concept/shikasta-script|شکستہ]] کی تعلیم انہوں نے اپنے والد سے حاصل کی اور پھر مشق سے ایک خاص طرز ایجاد کی جسے «درایت خانی» کہتے تھے۔ {cite:salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 p. 153}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مقام",
     "markdown": "«تاریخِ خط و خطاطین» کے مطابق اساتذۂ فن کا اتفاق ہے کہ وہ اپنے والد سے بڑھ کر لکھتے تھے، اور «تذکرۂ خوش نویسان» کے مصنف غلام محمد نے ان کی اس قدر تعریف کی کہ اگر [[person/mir-ali-tabrizi|میر علی تبریزی]] زندہ ہوتے اور درایت خان کا خط دیکھ لیتے تو اپنا خطِ نستعلیق بھول جاتے۔ ان کے خط کا نمونہ «بیاضِ بختاور خان» میں موجود ہے۔ {cite:salim-tarikh-khatt-o-khattatin-2001 p. 153}"
    }
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