Ali Akbar Isfahani (fa|علی اکبر معمار اصفهانی) was a 17th-century Persian architect of the Safavid era. He is best known for the Shah Mosque commissioned by Shah Abbas and built in 1611 - 1631.[1] His name appears in an inscription in the mosque above the doorway of the entrance iwan complex of the mosque.[2]
Isfahani was born in 985 AH (1577 AD). He was a pupil of Badi' al-Zaman Yazdi, the grand architect of Shah Abbas.[3]