Ahmed Karahisari

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Ahmed Karahisari ( Ottoman احمد شمس الدین قره حصاری İA Aḥmed Şemseddīn Ḳaraḥiṣārī ; * around 1468 in Karahisar ; † 1556 in Istanbul ), was an influential Ottoman calligrapher of the 16th century. Together with Şeyh Hamdullah and Hâfız Osman , he is considered one of the three most important Ottoman calligraphers.

Life

According to tradition, Karahisari was taught as a child by the calligrapher Yahya el-Sofi († 1477) in Edirne . In the postscripts of his surviving works, Karahisari himself mentions only one Esedullah el-Kirmâni as a teacher, of whom only one manuscript has survived in Istanbul. Since there are no records of an activity el-Kirmânis from Istanbul, it is possible that Karahisari studied with him in Persia, possibly at the court of Aq Qoyunlu . Karahisari is said to have been buried in front of the Caferabad- Tekke in Sütlüce, a district of Istanbul.

Works

Karahisari is known for his calligraphy, for which he used the artistic circular fonts Sülüs and Naschī . His work is characterized by an experimental approach to the canonical letter forms of Islamic calligraphy. It is associated with the calligraphic inscriptions of the Suleymaniye Mosque , which was inaugurated in 1557. The works he has survived, all of them commissioned for the Ottoman court, are dated between 1527 and 1554. One of his most important calligraphies, a copy of the Koran for Suleyman I , is now kept in the library of the Topkapı Palace Museum , Istanbul. Other works that have survived are a teaching album ( müfredat ) and an album in "chain script " ( musalsal ), which is written in one continuous movement without taking the pen off the paper. Karahisari's experimental works were rediscovered in the 19th century by Mustafa Rakım Efendi and, thanks to the lithographic reproductions made at the time , are among the best-known works of Ottoman calligraphy.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ JM Rogers: The chain of calligraphers. In: Empire of the Sultans. Ottoman art from the collection of Nasser D. Khalili . Azimuth Editions / The Noor Foundation, London 1995, ISBN 2-8306-0120-3 , pp. 230-251 .
  2. ↑ a b Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, manuscript MS.YY.99, dated 878 AH / AD 1473-4, quoted from Rogers 1995
  3. ↑ a b J. M. Rogers: Two master calligraphers of the 16th century . In: Empire of the Sultans. Ottoman art from the collection of Nasser D. Khalili . Azimuth Editions / The Noor Foundation, London 1995, ISBN 2-8306-0120-3 , pp. 50 .
  4. ↑ Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi, manuscript MS.A.3654, quoted from Rogers 1995
  5. ↑ Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi, manuscript MS.1443, quoted from Rogers 1995
personal data
SURNAME Ahmed Karahisari
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ottoman calligrapher
DATE OF BIRTH around 1468
PLACE OF BIRTH Karahisar
DATE OF DEATH 1556
Place of death Istanbul