The following is an incomplete List of Ottoman Calligraphers:

15th–16th century

Hâfiz Osman Hâfiz Osman ( ota, حافظ عثمان Modern Turkish: ''Hâfız Osman'') (1642–1698) was an Ottoman calligrapher noted for improving the script and for developing a layout template for the hilye which became the classical approach to page des ...

Seyyid Kasim Gubari Seyyid Kasim Gubari of Diyarbakır was a 17th-century Ottoman artist, noted for his poetic writing and calligraphy. He is celebrated as one of the most accomplished calligraphers of his time and decorated a number of important public buildings incl ...

* Ahmed Karahisari *

Sheikh Hamdullah Sheikh Hamdullah (1436–1520) ( tr, Şeyh Hamdullah), born in Amasya, Ottoman Empire, was a master of Islamic calligraphy. Life and work Sheikh Hamdullah was born in Amasya, a north-central town in Anatolia. His father, Mustafa Dede, was a Sheik ...

* Kahdi Mahmud Efendi (d. 1575) * Ahmed Pasa (d. 1611) son of Kahdi Mahmud Efendi * Mustafa Ali (d. 1600) * Yûsuf Efendi (d. 1611) * Abdullah Amâsi- 16th-century calligrapher * Ahmed Şemseddin Karahisarî (d. 963/1556) * Gâbârî Adurrahman (d. 974/1566) * Rizâî Mahmud Baba Efendi (d. 987/1579) * Mustafa Dede – son of

(d. 945/1538) * Tâcîzâde Ca'fer Çelebi (1452–1515) poet, calligrapher and scholar * Ibrahim Vahdi (d. 1714)

17th–18th century

*Ibrahim Afif (d. 1767) *

Egrikapili Mehmed Rasim Efendi Egrikapili Mehmed Rasim Efendi (b. 1687-d. May 13, 1756) (Modern Turkish: ''Eğrikapılı Mehmed Râsim Efendi'') was an Ottoman calligrapher and poet. Life and work Born in the Eğrikapı district of Istanbul, he became known as ''Eğrikapıl� ...

* İsmail Zühdi Efendi * Mehmed Esad Yesari * Mehmed Rasim (1687–1755) * Mustafa Kutahi (d. after 1785) * Musa al-'Abidi *

Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi (Modern Turkish: ''Yesârîzâde Mustafa Izzet Efendi'') (d. 1849) was an Ottoman calligrapher. Life and work Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi's date of birth is not known, but is assumed to be in the 1770s. He wa ...

* Derviş Ali * Veliyyuddin Efendi * Mehmed Refi Efendi (d. 1769) * Abdul Rahman Hilmi (d. 1805) *

Yedikuleli Seyyid 'Abdullah Efendi Yedikuleli Seyyid Abdullah Efendi ( ota, يدى قللى سيد عبد الله Modern Turkish: ''Yedikuleli Seyyid Abdullah Efendi'') (1670-1731) was an Ottoman master calligrapher. Life and career Born Hâşimîzâde Abdullah Efendi in 1670 in ...

(d. 1731) * Suyolcuzade Mustafa Eyyubi (1619–1686) * Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi (c. 1750–1829) * Esmâ Ibret Hanim (b. 1780) wife of Mahmud Celâleddin Efendi * Halid Erzurumi (d. 1651) * Dede Mehmed Efendi (d. 1734) * Şâbanzâde Mehmed Efendi(d. 1120/1708) * Dede Mehmed Efendi (d. 1147/1734) * Adülbâkî -i Tebrîzî (d. 1039/1629-30) * Kâtibzâde Mehmed Refî (d. 1183/1769) * Hasan Üsküdârî (d. 1023/1614) * Hüseyin Hablî (d. 1157/1744) * İbrâhim Rodosî (d. 1201/1787) * Eski İsmâil Zühdü (d. 1144/1731) * Eğrikapılı Mehmed Râsim (d. 1169/1756) * Ramazan b. İsmâil رمضان بن إسماعيل (d. 1091/1680) * Tophâneli Mahmued Nûri,(d. 1080/1669)

19th–20th century

* Ali Alparslan (1925–2006) * Şefik Bey (Mehmed Şefik, 1819–1880) * Abdullah Zuhudi Effendi (1835–1879) * Muhsinzade Abdullah Bey (1832–1899) * Hasan Çelebi (b. 1937) * Hasan Riza Effendi (1849–1920) *

Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi ( ota, مصطفى عزت, Modern Turkish: ''Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi'') (alternative: Kadiasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi, Seyyid Mustafa) (b. 1801 Tosya – d. 16 November 1876 Istanbul), was an Ottoman composer, ne ...

Mehmed Şevkî Efendi Qur'an copied by Mehmed Şevkî Efendi. Sakıp Sabancı Museum Mehmed Shevki Efendi ( ota, محمد شوقي افندي; Modern Turkish: ''Mehmed Şevki Efendi''; 1829 Kastamonu–1887 Istanbul) was a prominent Ottoman calligrapher. He is ...

(1829–1887) * Mehmet Şefik (1818–1890) * Mehmed Sami Efendi (1838–1912) * Hattat Aziz Efendi *

Mustafa Râkim Mustafa Râkim ( ota, مصطفى رآقم; Modern Turkish: ''Mustafa Râkım'') (1757–1826), was an Ottoman calligrapher. He extended and reformed Hâfiz Osman's style, placing greater emphasis on technical perfection, which broadened the cal ...

* Kayışzâde Hâfız Osman Efendi * *Necmeddîn Okyay (Necmeddîn Üsküdari Efendi, 1883–1976) :tr:Necmeddin Okyay * Bakkal Arif Efendi * Kâmil Akdik * Neyzen Emîn Efendi * Halîm Özyazıcı (1898–1964) * Bekir Pektin (b. 1913) *

Hamid Aytaç Hamid Aytaç (pronounced Aytach) (b. 1891, Diyarbakır - d. 18 May 1982) was an Islamic calligraphy, Islamic calligrapher born during Ottoman Empire, Ottoman times. In his later life, he was acknowledged as the Islamic world's leading calligrapher ...

* Ismail Hakkı Altunbezer (1873–1946) *

(Mustafa Raq'im, 1757–1826) * Çömez Mustafa Vasif (d. 1853) * Hafız Hasan Tahsin Hilmi Efendi (1847–1912) * Mustafa Halim Özyazici (alternate spelling: Oyazici) (1898–1964) * Mustafa Uğur Derman (b. 1935) * Hafız Mehmed Fehmi Efendi (1860–1915) * Abdülkadir Şürki Efendi 19th-century calligrapher * Şeref Adkik (1899–1972) * Şeyh Ali Bedevî (1868–1943) * Şeref Akdik (1899–1972) * Hasan Rizâ Efendi (d. 1890) * Esad Muhis Paşa (1780–1850) * Mehmed Hâşim Efendi (d. 1845) * Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846–1913) * Kebecizâde Mehmed Vasfi, (d. 1831) * Çemşîr Hâfız Sâlîh Efendi, (d. 1236/1820–21) * Laz Ömer Efendi (d. 1240/1825) * Mehmed Şevket Vahdetî (1833–1871)''Turkish Biographical Index'', Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 1035;''Islam Encyclopedia''
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15th–16th century

17th–18th century

19th–20th century

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