1436–1520, Amasya & Istanbul
Father of Ottoman calligraphy. Reworking Yakut al-Musta‘simi’s six scripts, he created the Ottoman naskh and thuluth that every later master — Ahmed Karahisarî, Hafız Osman — built upon.
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1436–1520, Amasya & Istanbul Father of Ottoman calligraphy. Reworking Yakut al-Musta‘simi’s six scripts, he created the Ottoman naskh and thuluth that every later master — Ahmed Karahisarî, Hafız Osman — built upon.