The Most Famous
ARCHITECTS from Afghanistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Afghan Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 1 of which were born in Afghanistan. This makes Afghanistan the birth place of the 45th most number of Architects behind Moldova, and Morocco.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Afghan Architects of all time. This list of famous Afghan Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Baysunghur (1397 - 1433)
With an HPI of 56.36, Baysunghur is the most famous Afghan Architect. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Ghiyath ud-din Baysunghur (persian: غیاثالدین بایسنقر) commonly known as Baysonqor or Baysongor, Baysonghor or (incorrectly) as Baysunqar, also called Sultan Bāysonḡor Bahādor Khan (1397–1433) was a prince of the Timurid dynasty. He was known as a patron of arts and architecture, the leading patron of the Persian miniature in Iran, commissioning the Baysunghur Shahnameh and other works, as well as being a prominent calligrapher. Baysunghur was a son of Shah Rukh, the ruler of Iran and Transoxiana, and Shah Rukh's most prominent wife, Gawhar Shad. In the view of modern historians, Baysunghur was actually a better statesman than his more famous elder brother, Ulugh Beg, who inherited Shah Rukh's throne, but who "must have envied his younger brother, Baisunghur, whom his father never saddled with major responsibilities, which left him free to build his elegant madrasas in Herat, gather his ancient books, assemble his artists, and drink". He was well-versed in Persian, Arabic, as well his native Chagatai. He was a patron of Persian historians, including Hafiz-i Abru (died 1430), who dedicated his book Zubdat al-tawārīkh-i bāysunghurī to him. Baysunghur was living in Herat as governor by 1417. After taking Tabriz, in 1421 he brought back to Herat a group of Tabrizi artists and calligraphers, formerly working for Ahmad Jalayir, who he installed in Herat to add to his existing artists from Shiraz. They became the most important school of artists in Iran, merging the two styles.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Afghan architects born between 1397 and 1397. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Afghan architects include Baysunghur.