List of Ottoman calligraphers

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• Ahmed Karahisari
• Sheikh Hamdullah
• Kahdi Mahmud Efendi (d. 1575)Uğur Derman, M., Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998 , p. 60
• Ahmed Pasa (d. 1611) son of Kahdi Mahmud EfendiUğur Derman, M., Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998 , p. 60
• Mustafa Ali (d. 1600)Behrens-Abouseif, D. and Vernoit, S. (es), Islamic Art in the 19th Century: Tradition, Innovation, And Eclecticism, BRILL, 2006, p.90
• Yûsuf Efendi (d. 1611)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/yusuf-efendi-demircikulu Online:]; Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 1079
• Abdullah Amâsi- 16th-century calligrapherMansour, N., Sacred Script: Muhaqqaq in Islamic Calligraphy, I.B. Tauris, 2011, p. 164;Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/abdullah-amasi 16th-century Online:]
• Ahmed Şemseddin Karahisarî (d. 963/1556)Mansour, N., Sacred Script: Muhaqqaq in Islamic Calligraphy, I.B. Tauris, 2011, p. 200;Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/karahisari-ahmed-semseddin Online:]
• Gâbârî Adurrahman (d. 974/1566)[https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/gubari-abdurrahmanOnline: Islam Encyclopedia]
• Rizâî Mahmud Baba Efendi (d. 987/1579)[https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/rizai-mahmud-baba-efendiOnline: Islam Encyclopedia]
• Mustafa Dede – son of Sheikh Hamdullah (d. 945/1538)Akin-Kivanç, E., Mustafa Âli's Epic Deeds of Artists: A Critical Edition of the Earliest Ottoman Text about the Calligraphers and Painters of the Islamic World, Brill, 2011, p. 95; Islam Encyclopedia,[https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mustafa-dede Online:]
• Tâcîzâde Ca'fer Çelebi (1452–1515) poet, calligrapher and scholarBrill Online Reference Works, [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/cafer-celebi-tacizade-COM_27579 Online:]

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• Hâfiz Osman
• Seyyid Kasim Gubari
• Ibrahim Vahdi (d. 1714)Rado, S., Türk Hattatlari: XV [Turkish Calligraphers], Istanbul: Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret, 1983
• Ibrahim Afif (d. 1767)Rado, S., Türk Hattatlari: XV, (yüzyildan günümüze kadar gelmis ünlü hattatlarin hayatlari ve yazilarindan örnekler), Istanbul, Yayin Matbaacilik Ticaret, 1983
• Egrikapili Mehmed Rasim Efendi
• İsmail Zühdi Efendi
• Mehmed Esad Yesari
• Mehmed Rasim (1687–1755)Bloom, G and Blair, S.S., "Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture", Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 474
• Mustafa Kutahi (d. after 1785)Habibeh Rahim, Inscription as Art in the World of Islam: Unity in Diversity: at the Emily Lowe Gallery,Hofstra University, 1996, p. 21
• Musa al-'Abidi
• Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi
• Derviş Ali
• Veliyyüddin EfendiSaleh, W.A., The Formation of the Classical Tafsīr Tradition: The Qurʼān Commentary of Al-Thaʻlabī (d. 427/1035), Brill, 2004, p. 251; Thomas, D. and Chesworth, J.A., Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History, Volume 7, Brill, 2004, p. 630
• Mehmed Refi Efendi (d. 1769)Ayvansaray-i, H.H., The Garden of the Mosques: Hafiz Hüseyin Al-Ayvansarayî's Guide to the Muslim Monuments of Ottoman Istanbul, Brill, 2000, p. 25; Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 844
• Abdul Rahman Hilmi (d. 1805)
• Yedikuleli Seyyid 'Abdullah Efendi (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)Bayani, M., The Decorated Word: Qurʼans of the 17th to 19th Centuries, Volume 4, Part 1, Nour Foundation, 1999, p. 77
• Dede Mehmed Efendi (d. 1734)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/dede-mehmed-efendi Online:]
• Şâbanzâde Mehmed Efendi(d. 1120/1708)Islam Encyclopedia,[https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mehmed-efendi-sabanzade Online:]
• Dede Mehmed Efendi (d. 1147/1734)Islam Encyclopedia,[https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/dede-mehmed-efendi Online:]
• Adülbâkî -i Tebrîzî (d. 1039/1629-30)Islam Encyclopedia,[https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/abdulbaki-i-tebrizi Online:]
• Kâtibzâde Mehmed Refî (d. 1183/1769)Islam Encyclopedia,[https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/katibzade-mehmed-refi Online:]
• Hasan Üsküdârî (d. 1023/1614)Uğur Derman, M., Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998 , p. 62 and p, 64; "Hasan Üsküdârî" [Biography], Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/hasan-uskudari Online:]; Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 1079
• Hüseyin Hablî (d. 1157/1744)Uğur Derman, M., Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998 , p. 187; Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 488; "Hüseyin Hablî" [Biography] in: Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/huseyin-habli Online:]
• İbrâhim Rodosî (d. 1201/1787)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/ibrahim-rodosi Online:]
• Eski İsmâil Zühdü (d. 1144/1731)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/ismail-zuhdu-eski Online:]
• Eğrikapılı Mehmed Râsim (d. 1169/1756)Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 316;Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mehmed-rasim-egrikapili Online:]
• Ramazan b. İsmâil رمضان بن إسماعيل (d. 1091/1680)Roper, G. (ed.), The History of the Book in the Middle East, Routledge, 2017, [E-book edition], n.p.; Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/ramazan-b-ismail Online:]
• Tophâneli Mahmued Nûri,(d. 1080/1669)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mahmud-nuri-tophaneli Online:]

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• Ali Alparslan (1925–2006)Bloom, G and Blair, S.S., "Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture", Vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 361
• Şefik Bey (Mehmed Şefik, 1819–1880)Bloom, G and Blair, S.S., "Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture", Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 474; Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 940
• Abdullah Zuhudi Effendi (1835–1879)Bloom, G and Blair, S.S., "Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture", Vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 39; Uğur Derman, Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, N.Y., Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, p. 118
• Muhsinzade Abdullah Bey (1832–1899)M. Uğur Derman, Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, N.Y., Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, p. 118; Traditional Turkish Arts: Calligraphy, Volume 5, Turkish Republic, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Fine Arts, n.d. p. 21
• Hasan Çelebi (b. 1937)Bloom, G and Blair, S.S., "Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture", Vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 361
• Hasan Riza Effendi (1849–1920)M. Uğur Derman, Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, N.Y., Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, p. 118
• Kazasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi
• Mehmed Şevkî Efendi (1829–1887)M. Uğur Derman, Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, N.Y., Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, p. 19
• Mehmet Şefik (1818–1890)Bloom, J. and Blair, S.S. (eds), Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture, Volume 1, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 475
• Mehmed Sami Efendi (1838–1912)
• Hattat Aziz Efendi
• Mustafa Râkim
• Kayışzâde Hâfız Osman EfendiTurkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 769
• {{ill|Hulusi Yazgan|tr}}Selçuk Mülayim and İlhan Akşit, Turkish Art and Architecture in Anatolia & Mimar Sinan, Akşit, 2005, p.262
• Necmeddîn Okyay (Necmeddîn Üsküdari Efendi, 1883–1976)Bloom, G and Blair, S.S., "Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture", Vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 65; Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 757 :tr:Necmeddin Okyay
• Bakkal Arif EfendiMurat Ocak, The Turks: Ottomans vol. 2, Yeni Türkiye, 2002 [E-book edition], n.p
• Kâmil AkdikTraditional Turkish Arts: Calligraphy, Volume 5, Turkish Republic, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Directorate of Fine Arts, n.d. p. 51
• Neyzen Emîn EfendiTurkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 151
• Halîm Özyazıcı (1898–1964)Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 785
• Bekir Pektin (b. 1913)Bloom, G and Blair, S.S., "Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture", Vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 361
• Hamid Aytaç
• Ismail Hakkı Altunbezer (1873–1946)Shaw, W. K. M., Ottoman Painting: Reflections of Western Art from the Ottoman Empire to the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic, I.B. Taurus, 2011, p. 57, p. 111, p. 169; Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 785
• Mustafa Râkim (Mustafa Raq'im, 1757–1826)Bloom, G and Blair, S.S., "Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture", Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. xvi
• Çömez Mustafa Vasif (d. 1853)Bloom, G and Blair, S.S., "Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture", Vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 39; Uğur Derman, Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, N.Y., Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, p. 114
• Hafız Hasan Tahsin Hilmi Efendi (1847–1912)Selçuk Mülayim and İlhan Akşit, Turkish Art and Architecture in Anatolia & Mimar Sinan, Akşit, 2005, p. 262; Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 463[https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/tahsin-efendi-hasan TDV Islamic Encyclopedia], Istanbul in 2010, volume 39, page 431.
• Mustafa Halim Özyazici (alternate spelling: Oyazici) (1898–1964)Bloom, G. and Blair, S.S., "Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture", Vol. 3, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 89
• Mustafa Uğur Derman (b. 1935)Oxford Index, [http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095712153 Online:]
• Hafız Mehmed Fehmi Efendi (1860–1915)http://ismek.ibb.gov.tr/ismek-el-sanatlari-kurslari/webedition/File/ekitap/hatsanati/Hat%20_sberk_5.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
• Abdülkadir Şürki Efendi 19th-century calligrapherhttps://diagrammatica.wikis.gdc.georgetown.edu/file/view/Somaiya+Sibai+-+Curatorial+Assignment.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
• Şeref Adkik (1899–1972)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/akdik-seref Online:]
• Şeyh Ali Bedevî (1868–1943)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/bedevi-seyh-ali Online:]
• Şeref Akdik (1899–1972)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/akdik-seref Online:]
• Hasan Rizâ Efendi (d. 1890)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/hasan-riza-efendi-said-pasa-imami Online:]; M. Uğur Derman, Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, N.Y., Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, p. 118
• Esad Muhis Paşa (1780–1850)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/esad-muhlis-pasa Online:]
• Mehmed Hâşim Efendi (d. 1845)Schmidt, J., Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Other Collections in the Netherlands, BRILL, 2012, p. 406; Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 464; Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/hasim-efendi-mehmed Online:]
• Mehmed Nazif Bey (1846–1913)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mehmed-nazif-bey Online:]
• Kebecizâde Mehmed Vasfi, (d. 1831)Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mehmed-vasfi-kebecizade Online:]
• Çemşîr Hâfız Sâlîh Efendi, (d. 1236/1820–21)Bayani, M., The Decorated Word: Qurʼans of the 17th to 19th Centuries, Volume 4, Part 1, Nour Foundation, 1999, p. 122 and 269; Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/salih-efendi-cemsir-hafiz Online:]
• Laz Ömer Efendi (d. 1240/1825)Behrens-Abouseif, F. and Vernoit, S., Islamic Art in the 19th Century: Tradition, Innovation, And Eclecticism, BRILL, 2006, p. 99; Uğur Derman, M., Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998 , p. 23; Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/laz-omer-efendiOnline:]
• Mehmed Şevket Vahdetî (1833–1871)Turkish Biographical Index, Walter de Gruyter, 2011, p. 1035;Islam Encyclopedia, [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/mehmed-sevket-vahdeti Online:]

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