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Lot Essay
This muraqqa is signed at the end, katabahu al-faqir al-haqir 'uthman al-ma'ruf bi-hafiz kalam allah al-qadim hamidan lillah ta'ala wa musalliyann 'ala nabihi wa alihi al-tahirin sana thalath wa thamanin wa alf, 'The poor, wretched 'Uthman (Osman), known as the Hafiz Kalam Allah al-Qadim, wrote it, praising God Most High and calling for peace on His Prophet and his pure family, in the year three and eighty and a thousand'.
Born in Istanbul, 'Uthman bin 'Ali, better known as Hafiz Osman (d. 1698 AD), is the undoubted master of later Ottoman calligraphy. He flourished under the patronage of the Grand Vizier Koprulu-zadeh Mustafa Pasha. He practised calligraphy with the Dervish 'Ali the Elder (d. 1673 AD), Suyolcu-zade Mustafa Eyyubi Effendi (d. 1685 AD) and Nefes-zade Isma'il Effendi (d. 1679 AD). In the year 1694 he was appointed the calligraphy teacher of Sultan Mustafa II. He also taught Sultan Ahmed III before he came to power. He was a member of the Sunbuliye order, based in the dervish-lodge in the region of Koca-Mustafa-Pasha in Istanbul. The famous 18th century calligrapher Cinici-zade Abdurrahman Effendi (d. 1724 AD) was in his service and used to prepare Osman's writing tools. Rado, referring to Mustaqim-zadeh's Tuhfe-i Hatte ('The Rare and Valuable Lives of the Calligraphers'), notes that Osman was regarded as the 'Second Sheikh' (after Sheikh Hamdullah). He is known to have inscribed twenty-five copies of the Qur'an. There are some thirty albums and many other works by him in the collections of the Topkapi Palace and Royal Ottoman libraries as well as in other public and private collections. He is also celebrated as the inventor of the hilyeh panel, the verbal portraits of the Prophet Muhammad which were in demand in the late 18th and 19th centuries (Sevket Rado, Turk Hattatlari (Turkish Calligraphers), Istanbul, 1980, pp.109-14).
For a biography of Hafiz Osman, see M. Ugur Derman, Masterpieces of Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, 2004, p. 86. Other muraqqas signed by Hafiz Osman have sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2008, lot 372 and 31 March 2009, lot 62.
Born in Istanbul, 'Uthman bin 'Ali, better known as Hafiz Osman (d. 1698 AD), is the undoubted master of later Ottoman calligraphy. He flourished under the patronage of the Grand Vizier Koprulu-zadeh Mustafa Pasha. He practised calligraphy with the Dervish 'Ali the Elder (d. 1673 AD), Suyolcu-zade Mustafa Eyyubi Effendi (d. 1685 AD) and Nefes-zade Isma'il Effendi (d. 1679 AD). In the year 1694 he was appointed the calligraphy teacher of Sultan Mustafa II. He also taught Sultan Ahmed III before he came to power. He was a member of the Sunbuliye order, based in the dervish-lodge in the region of Koca-Mustafa-Pasha in Istanbul. The famous 18th century calligrapher Cinici-zade Abdurrahman Effendi (d. 1724 AD) was in his service and used to prepare Osman's writing tools. Rado, referring to Mustaqim-zadeh's Tuhfe-i Hatte ('The Rare and Valuable Lives of the Calligraphers'), notes that Osman was regarded as the 'Second Sheikh' (after Sheikh Hamdullah). He is known to have inscribed twenty-five copies of the Qur'an. There are some thirty albums and many other works by him in the collections of the Topkapi Palace and Royal Ottoman libraries as well as in other public and private collections. He is also celebrated as the inventor of the hilyeh panel, the verbal portraits of the Prophet Muhammad which were in demand in the late 18th and 19th centuries (Sevket Rado, Turk Hattatlari (Turkish Calligraphers), Istanbul, 1980, pp.109-14).
For a biography of Hafiz Osman, see M. Ugur Derman, Masterpieces of Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, 2004, p. 86. Other muraqqas signed by Hafiz Osman have sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2008, lot 372 and 31 March 2009, lot 62.