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evered by sultans, says: “Being a servant for a saint is
the best.” and has been a source of inspiration for other
calligraphers for centuries.
No One Can Make A Change On What He Wrote
Osman Efendi was born in 1642 in Istanbul. His father,
Ali Efendi, was the muezzin (the person who sings
the call to prayer) of Haseki Sultan Mosque. He gets
the standard education of that time, under the patronage
of Vezir Köpruluzâde Mustafa Paşa. He memorizes
the Qur’an at a young age and becomes “Hafiz Osman”.
Hafiz Osman, who had a deep respect and reverence
for the Qur’an was also talented in calligraphy.
This talent, coupled with curiosity, led him to one of
the most important calligraphists of the time, Calligrapher
Dervish Ali, who was known as “The Great Dervish
Ali” and “The First Dervish Ali”. Dervish Ali was
the top representative of the school of Sheyh Hamdullah.
It was difficult to tell between Dervish Ali’s and The
Sheyh’s calligraphies. This is why Dervish Ali was also
called Sheyh-i Sani (second Sheyh). And Hafiz Osman
and Dervish Ali start aklâm-i sitte writing lessons.
Vira Bismillah, Aklâm-ı Sitte
Calligraphy, which is an art that developed all the way
from Hz. Ali’s caliphate, has the name kûfî, after the
city of Kûfe. When compared with today’s calligraphy,
it is more primeval. As time moved on, especially in the
last years of the Umayyads, the letters were less cornered.
Ibn Mukle, a renowned vizier and calligrapher
of The Abbasids, wanted rules to be set for calligraphy
and a rule was found: “Aklâm’ı Sitte”, which consists of
six types of calligraphy (muhakkak, reyhâni, sulus, nesih,
tevki and rik’a).
Huseyin Gunduz’s modern styled Hilye-i Sheriff
the boatman, who refuses and says: “No need to pay
me, just write me another ‘vav’, that’ll be enough.” Osman
Efendi smiles and says: “Those ‘vav’s aren’t written
on request!”, gives the money and gets off the boat.
Some artist’s, from sultan to boatman, have been valued
while they were alive; yet some were valued many
years after, or not even valued at all. Calligrapher Osman
Efendi was one of the former. Calligrapher, whose
calligraphy and hilye-i sheriffs were passed on, even
In the 1650’s Hafiz Osman starts Dervish Ali’s Aklâm-ı
Sitte lessons. This goes on for a few years, but Dervish
Ali has grown very old. With this reason he sends Hafiz
Osman to Suyolcuzâde Mustafa Eyyubi, who was one
of his students, for lessons. Hafiz Osman completes the
rest of his lessons with Suyolcuzâde and earns the title
of Calligrapher Hafiz Osman. In the year 1659, Hafız
Osman is 18 years old.
The Information Is Hidden In Details
They say that information is hidden in details. Although
Hafiz Osman got a madrasa diploma, he didn’t
think he was well enough at writing. Because of this,
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