Hâfız Osman

Hilya by Hâfız Osman

Hâfiz Osman ( Ottoman حافظ عثمان İA Ḥāfıẓ ʿOs̠mān ; * 1642 in Istanbul ; † December 3, 1698 ibid) was one of the most famous Ottoman calligraphers .

Life

Hâfiz Osman was a student of the calligraphers Şeyh Hamdullah , Derviş Ali and Suyolcuzade Mustafa Eyyubi and was under the protection of Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pascha . He was a member of the dervish order of the Sünbüliye, a branch of the Zeyniye. He also worked as a teacher of Sultan Mustafas II and Prince Ahmed (III) .

Hâfiz Osman is believed to be the inventor of the Ottoman expression of the Hilye-i Şerif , a calligraphic representation of the beauty of Muhammad's appearance and character, based on the writings of the hadith .

Preserved works by Hâfiz Osman, mainly calligraphic copies of the Koran and Hilyas, are now kept in the collection of the Topkapı Palace Museum in Istanbul , as well as in the Nasser D. Khalili collection.

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Individual evidence

^ 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 .
↑ M. Uğur Derman: Hâfız Osman . In: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Volume 15, Istanbul 1997, pp. 98-100, here: pp. 98 f .; islamansiklopedisi.info (PDF; 2.4 MB); Hafiz Osman . In: Journal of Ottoman Calligraphy , May 7, 2007
↑ JM Rogers: Hilyes. 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. 252-257 .
↑ JM Rogers: 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 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hâfız Osman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hafiz Osman; حافظ عثمان (OtaS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ottoman calligrapher
DATE OF BIRTH	1642
PLACE OF BIRTH	Istanbul
DATE OF DEATH	December 3, 1698
Place of death	Istanbul

[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] M. Uğur Derman: Hâfız Osman . In: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Volume 15, Istanbul 1997, pp. 98-100, here: pp. 98 f .; islamansiklopedisi.info (PDF; 2.4 MB); Hafiz Osman . In: Journal of Ottoman Calligraphy , May 7, 2007

[3] JM Rogers: Hilyes. 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. 252-257 .

[4] JM Rogers: 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 .