Sheikh Hamdullah

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Sheikh Hamdullah
Birth name Hamdullah
Born 1436
Amasya, Ottoman Empire
Died 1520 (aged 83–84)
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Field Calligraphy
Stills for a Qur'an copy in Naskh style script, by Şeyh Hamdullah

Sheikh Hamdullah (1436–1520) (Turkish: Şeyh Hamdullah), born in Amasya, Ottoman Empire, was a master of Islamic calligraphy. He devoted his whole life to the art of calligraphy, producing forty-seven Mus'hafs, book of Qur'an, and innumerable En'ams, Evrads and Juz'.

Died in 1520, he was laid to rest at Karacaahmet Cemetery in the district of Üsküdar in Istanbul.


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