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An important calligrapher's diploma (Ijazeh), given by Yesari Mehmed Es'ad Efendi (d.1798) to Yahya Ihya Efendi (d.1813), Turkey, dated 1212 AH/1797 AD
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Description
- ink and heightened with gold on paper
Persian manuscript on paper, 8 lines to the page, written diagonally in nasta'liq script in black ink, margins ruled in gold, orange, blue, black and white with outer margins in naphta green
Provenance
Ex Halil Arda Collection
Literature
I.M.K. Inal, Son Hattatlar, Istanbul, 1955, p.560
Catalogue Note
Yahya Ihya Efendi
Yahya Ihya Efendi was the son of Mehmed Efendi, the imam of the Arap Mosque in the Galata district of Istanbul. Although it is said that he was a sherif (a descendant of the Prophet through his grandson Hasan), his signature show him to be a seyyid (a descendant of the Prophet through his grandson Husayn). After studying religious sciences, in 1794 he attained the qualification of mudarris (professor). He was senior secretary to Salih-zade Ahmed Efendi during the latter's several interrupted tenures as Shaykh al-Islam where he had the opportunity to demonstrate his talent for poetry and literary composition. He died in 1813.
Ihya Efendi studied nasta'liq script with Yesari Mehmed Es'ad Efendi, receiving the present ijazeh from him in 1212 AH/1797 AD. Since Yesari died the following year, Ihya Efendi was possibly one of the last students to be awarded a diploma by Yesari Mehmet Es'ad Efendi (Derman 2009, p.112). A fine copy of the Divan of Mir Suleyman Arif Efendi, copied by Yahya Ihya Efendi, is in the Abdul Rahman al-Owais Collection in Sharjah (Derman 2009, p.113-119).
Yesari Mehmed Es'ad Efendi
Yesari Mehmed Es'ad was born and brought up in Istanbul. He was given the nickname 'Yesari' (left-handed) because he was born paralysed. He was a student of the master calligrapher Dede-zade Mehmed Said Efendi from whom he received his ijazeh, the calligrapher's diploma. He became a tutor for a great number of calligraphy pupils and his writings and inscriptions still exist on many mosques, tombs and fountains in Istanbul. Like his father, his son Mustafa Izzet Efendi was a master of nasta'liq script. Yesari Mehmed Es'ad died in 1798 and was buried in the vicinity of the Fatih Mosque. A fine qita' written in nasta'liq and signed by Yesari Mehmed Es'ad Efendi is in the Abdul Rahman al-Owais Collection in Sharjah (Derman 2009, p.105).
Yahya Ihya Efendi was the son of Mehmed Efendi, the imam of the Arap Mosque in the Galata district of Istanbul. Although it is said that he was a sherif (a descendant of the Prophet through his grandson Hasan), his signature show him to be a seyyid (a descendant of the Prophet through his grandson Husayn). After studying religious sciences, in 1794 he attained the qualification of mudarris (professor). He was senior secretary to Salih-zade Ahmed Efendi during the latter's several interrupted tenures as Shaykh al-Islam where he had the opportunity to demonstrate his talent for poetry and literary composition. He died in 1813.
Ihya Efendi studied nasta'liq script with Yesari Mehmed Es'ad Efendi, receiving the present ijazeh from him in 1212 AH/1797 AD. Since Yesari died the following year, Ihya Efendi was possibly one of the last students to be awarded a diploma by Yesari Mehmet Es'ad Efendi (Derman 2009, p.112). A fine copy of the Divan of Mir Suleyman Arif Efendi, copied by Yahya Ihya Efendi, is in the Abdul Rahman al-Owais Collection in Sharjah (Derman 2009, p.113-119).
Yesari Mehmed Es'ad Efendi
Yesari Mehmed Es'ad was born and brought up in Istanbul. He was given the nickname 'Yesari' (left-handed) because he was born paralysed. He was a student of the master calligrapher Dede-zade Mehmed Said Efendi from whom he received his ijazeh, the calligrapher's diploma. He became a tutor for a great number of calligraphy pupils and his writings and inscriptions still exist on many mosques, tombs and fountains in Istanbul. Like his father, his son Mustafa Izzet Efendi was a master of nasta'liq script. Yesari Mehmed Es'ad died in 1798 and was buried in the vicinity of the Fatih Mosque. A fine qita' written in nasta'liq and signed by Yesari Mehmed Es'ad Efendi is in the Abdul Rahman al-Owais Collection in Sharjah (Derman 2009, p.105).