His father, Mirz?? ??Abd-al-Ra???im, was a successful merchant, and his paternal uncle, ??ams-al-Din of Tabriz, earned the sobriquet ??irin Qalam (???Sweet Pen???) for his calligraphic talents. ???????eb???s family was among those evacuated from Tabriz by ??Abb??s I as a response to Ottoman incursions and settled in the neighborhood of ??Abb??s-??b??d in Isfahan.