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Lot Essay
This Qur'an section is signed 'abd al-qadir ibn ramadan effendi al-katib fi zumrat al-silahdaran al-mutallamadh min 'uthman effendi al-ma'ruf bi-hafiz al-qur'an fi muharram sana arba' wa tis'in fa-alf ('Abd al-Qadir bin Ramadan Efendi, the scribe from among the ranks of the silahdars (sword-bearers), pupil of Osman Efendi known as 'Hafiz al-Qur'an, in Muharram of the year 1094 [December 1682-January 1683]).
It is possible that this is by Abdülkadir Efendi Ramazanzade, a calligrapher and Ottoman bureaucrat. The future Sultan Ahmed III was born in his father Ramazan Efendi's house in Hacioglupazari on the Bulgarian border during Mehmed IV's campaign. Thanks to this, Ramazan Efendi entered the bureaucracy, becoming a defterdar. His children likewise secured appointments, and Abdülkadir eventually became reisülküttab in 1716. A calligrapher and a poet, this manuscript could date to the early stage of his career. After Shaykh Hamdullah, Hafiz Osman (d. 1698), our scribe's master, is the most celebrated Ottoman calligrapher, and is frequently referred as eyh-i sani (the second sheikh.
It is possible that this is by Abdülkadir Efendi Ramazanzade, a calligrapher and Ottoman bureaucrat. The future Sultan Ahmed III was born in his father Ramazan Efendi's house in Hacioglupazari on the Bulgarian border during Mehmed IV's campaign. Thanks to this, Ramazan Efendi entered the bureaucracy, becoming a defterdar. His children likewise secured appointments, and Abdülkadir eventually became reisülküttab in 1716. A calligrapher and a poet, this manuscript could date to the early stage of his career. After Shaykh Hamdullah, Hafiz Osman (d. 1698), our scribe's master, is the most celebrated Ottoman calligrapher, and is frequently referred as eyh-i sani (the second sheikh.