Great Islamic Calligraphers
GREAT ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHERS
These are the major calligraphers of the “six scripts” (Muhakkak, Reyhani, Sulus, Nesih, Tevki, and Rika):
| NAME | DATE OF DEATH (A.D.) |
| Ibnu Muqla | 940 |
| Ibnul-Bawwab | 1022 |
| Yakut el-Mustasimi | 1298 |
| Muhammed Ibnul-Wahid | 1311 |
| Ergun Kamili | 1343 |
| Abdullah Sayrafi | after 1322 |
| Ahmed Suhraverdi | after 1328 |
| Muhammed Et-Tayyibi | after 1503 |
| Seyh Hamdullah Efendi | 1520 |
| Ahmed Karahisari | 1556 |
| Hafiz Osman Efendi | 1698 |
| Mustafa Rakim Efendi | 1826 |
| Mahmud Celalleddin Efendi | 1829 |
| Esma Ibret Hanim Efendi | ? |
| Kadiasker Mustafa Izzet Efendi | 1876 |
| Abdullah Zuhdi Efendi | 1878 |
| Mehmed Sefik Bey | 1879 |
| Kayiszade Osman Nuri Efendi | 1894 |
| Abdulahad Vahdeti Efendi | 1895 |
| Abdulfettah Efendi | 1896 |
| Circirli Ali Efendi | 1906 |
| Yahya Hilmi Efendi | 1907 |
| Bakkal Arif Efendi | 1909 |
| Sami Efendi | 1912 |
| Nazif Bey | 1913 |
| Hasan Riza Efendi | 1920 |
| Deli Omer Vasfi Efendi | 1928 |
| Aziz Efendi | 1934 |
| Kamil Akdik | 1941 |
| Neyzen Emin Yazici | 1945 |
| Tugrakes Ismail Hakki | 1946 |
| Mustafa Halim Ozyazici | 1964 |
| Mahmud Yazir | 1952 |
| Hamid Aytac | 1982 |
| Ali Alparslan | 2005 |
| Hasan Celebi | born 1937 |
| Husseyin Oksuz | born 1944 |
| Savas Cevik | born 1953 |
| Huseyin Gunduz | born 1959 |
| Mehmed Ozcay | born 1963 |
These are the major calligraphers of the Talik script:
| PERSIAN SCHOOL | DATE OF DEATH (A.D.) |
| Mir-ali Tabrizi (invented the script) | ca. 1420 |
| Sultan-ali Mashhadi | 1520 |
| Malik Daylami | 1561 |
| Mir Imad el-Haseni (perfected the script) | 1615 |
| OTTOMAN SCHOOL | DATE OF DEATH (A.D.) |
| Yesari Mehmed Esad Efendi | 1798 |
| Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi | 1849 |
| Kibrisizade Ismail Hakki Efendi | 1862 |
| Ali Haydar Bey | 1870 |
| Sami Efendi | 1912 |
| Necmeddin Okyay | 1976 |
| Mehmed Hulusi | 1941 |
| Kemal Batanay | 1981 |
| Ali Alparslan | 2005 |
| Ugur Derman | born 1935 |