Kit'a (calligraphic specimen). Sakip Sabanci Museum
Calligraphic composition. Albayrak Hat collection

Egrikapili Mehmed Rasim Efendi (b. 1687-d. May 13, 1756) (Modern Turkish: Eğrikapılı Mehmed Râsim Efendi) was an Ottoman calligrapher and poet.

Life and work

Born in the Eğrikapı district of Istanbul, he became known as Eğrikapılı after the place of his birth. His father, Yusuf Efendi (d.1729), was the imam of the Molla Aşkî Masjid and an accomplished calligrapher.[1]

As a child, Eğrikapılı studied with his father, and later became a pupil of the court calligrapher, Yedikuleli Seyyid 'Abdullah Efendi. He received his ijazah (certificate) in 1705. [2]

Mehmed Rasim gained a reputation for his work and became a major court calligrapher in the Tulip period during the reign of Sultan Ahmed III. He was appointed calligraphy teacher at the Galata palace in 1714 and later at the Topkapi Palace in 1737. He is noted for copying over 60 manuscripts of the Kuran as well as executing many inscriptions, including on the fountain of Saliha Sultan at Azap Kapi in Constantinople. He was also skilled at Paper marbling.[3]

Rasim Mehmed was a well-educated man and he wrote poetry in three different languages.[4]

He died of tuberculosis in 1169 (14 May 1756) and was buried in a church outside Eğrikapı.[5] His student, Mestcizade Ahmed Efenci (d.1761) prepared his epitaph.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Islam Encyclopedia Online:
  2. ↑ M. Uğur Derman, Ninety-nine Qur'an manuscripts from Istanbul, Istanbul, Kültür Ajansı, 2010, pp 100-101, Excerpt:; M. Uğur Derman, Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Istanbul, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1998, p. 94
  3. ↑ Bloom, J.M. and Blair, S.S., The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture, Volume 2, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 474
  4. ↑ Osmanlı tarihi: cilt. 2. kısım. Uzunçarşılı, İ.H. XVIII. yüzyıl (1959), İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Enver Ziya Karal, page 554
  5. ↑ Islam Encyclopedia Online:

Further reading

  • Osmanlı Tarihi: cilt. 2. kısım. Uzunçarşılı, İ.H. XVIII. yüzyıl (1959), İsmail Hakkı Uzunçarşılı, Enver Ziya Karal, p. 554
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