SHEIKH HAMDULLAH 1436 - 1520

Thuluth Scribble
Without catechumen
Marbled border
22x27cm

Provenance
Portakal Art Culture and Auction House “Winter Auction”
December 20, 2014 Lot 79

Price is available upon request.

LOT 24

SHEIKH HAMDULLAH

He was born in Amasya. His father Mustafa Dede came from Bukhara to Amasya.
He migrated. He was from the Suhrawardiyya order, so he was called “Sheikh Efendi”
He was known as the student of Yakut Musta'sımı who wrote six types of writing.
Lessons from Hayreddin Mar'aşf who learned from Abdullah Sayrafi
Sultan Bayezid II was the governor of Amasya before ascending to the throne.
He met Sheikh Hamdullah there. Sultan Bayezid II also wrote
Being curious opened a new horizon in Hamdullah's life.
Sultan Bayezid II received writing lessons and permission from Sheikh Hamdullah.
After Bayezid ascended to the throne, he invited Hamdullah to Istanbul.
He was given a training in the Harem-i Hümayun in Topkapı Palace.
He gave his room. He was the sheikh of Okmeydanı Okçular Tekke. “Sheikh”
The title also comes from there. The Sultan sent him to examine
He gave seven tablets from Yakut's writings. Hamdullah forty days forty
Examine the writings on the signs at night, without going out at all.
Finally, Yakut gave such an air to his writing that those who saw it
He was amazed. This admiration he gathered increased Hamdullah's enthusiasm.
The admiration of the Sultan towards himself increased the ulema group
It caused Hamdullah to be jealous. Yavuz Sultan Selim
Hamdullah's star became dim when he ascended to the throne. The Sheikh
During this period, Alemdağ also retired to a small hut and spent his days
He began to spend his days in prayer. When Suleiman the Magnificent ascended to the throne, Yavuz
thinking of showing him the respect he had not received, he brought him into his presence
invited him. He asked him to write the Quran. Bayezid
At the altar and middle gate of the mosque, Davut Pasha, Firuz Agha and
Inscriptions on the doors of the Bayezid Mosque in Edirne
belongs to him.