Luthiers · Tehran, Iran
Mohamad Hatami
Persian Tar
Tehran-based Persian tar maker brand — circulating through Iranian retail networks (Delshad Music, Tehran Melody), carried by Tapadum within its Persian-classical collection.
Mohamad Hatami (Persian: محمد حاتمی) is a Tehran-based tar maker whose instruments circulate through Iran’s major retail networks. The Hatami tar brand is carried by Delshad Music and Tehran Melody (under the “TM Group Hatami Tar” label), where sound-test footage and product listings document his work as a contemporary Persian classical tar maker. Tapadum stocks Hatami tars as part of its Persian instruments collection.
The “Hatami” name surfaces across more than one tar maker — alongside Mohamad, other Iranian retailer catalogues list Mehdi Hatami tars, suggesting a Hatami family or workshop rather than a single luthier. The exact relationship between these names is not independently documented in external press, and this profile covers the Mohamad Hatami branding specifically. Buyers seeking attribution to a known performer lineage should note that the Hatami tar maker line is distinct from the celebrated Hatami player tradition (Shapour Hatami, 1924–1990, son of Yahya Khan), which descends through musicians rather than instrument-makers.
The Persian tar — a long-necked, double-bowled, plucked lute strung with six strings in three courses — sits at the heart of dastgāh repertoire alongside the santur and setar. Its body is hollowed from mulberry wood, the soundboard traditionally membrane (lamb-heart skin), and a maker’s identity rests on how these elements are tuned to each other: the dimensions of the bowl, the membrane tension, the bridge position, the chosen wood — choices that vary subtly from workshop to workshop and define each tar’s particular voice.
The Hatami tar maker brand circulates through Iranian retail catalogues and aggregator listings; biographical claims about a single named luthier behind each instrument are not independently verifiable in external press at this writing. Tapadum carries the Hatami tar selection on the consistency of the instruments sourced for its Persian-classical collection, and updates this profile if and when independent documentation of the maker becomes available.