I met Hamid at the Great Bazaar in Isfahan, Iran, January, 2005. Entranced by the vibrancy and color of his abstract creations, I bought several and ordered more.  It was my hope we could sell them in the United States and use Hamid as a source of work from Iran.  The window of time that would have allowed this abruptly closed with the next change of regime.  Hamid, who had a beautiful shop in a prime location at the Bazaar, suddenly became unreachable. I have tried on multiple occasions to see if any of my contacts in Iran could find out what happened to him.  They could not.  All subsequent attempts received no reply.  While he was well known at the time with his work being displayed in large hotels in various Islamic countries, I can no longer find any mention of him on the Internet.  It is a mystery.