[1] Mashhadi learnt calligraphy art in Herat under Mir Ali Heravi.
After that Shaybanids captured the city, both of them immigrated to Bukhara.
After Heravi's death, he worked some time as a scrivener in the library of Abdolaziz Khan Ozbak.
When Abdolaziz Khan died, he came back to his home town.
He worked there as a scrivener in the court of Tahmasp I and his successor Ismail II.