Abdul Rahman Hilmi Explained

Abdul Rahman Hilmi (died 1805) was a Turkish calligrapher.

Life and career

Abdul Rahman Hilmi was pupil of Egrikapili Mehmed Rasim Efendi. He was an adroit calligrapher, known for the firmness of his writing. He spent most of life in Hagia Sophia school in Istanbul studying calligraphy and training students.^{[1] [2]}

Hilmi was remembered as a very moral and praiseworthy person. He died in 1220/1805 and was buried in Scutari, in the vicinity of another great calligrapher, Sheikh Hamdullah.^[3]

See also

• Calligraphy
• Culture of the Ottoman Empire
• Islamic calligraphy
• List of Ottoman calligraphers
• Ottoman art

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=A4q58Af5zAoC&dq=Abdurrahman+Hilmi&pg=PA95 Behrens-Abouseif, D and Vernoit, S., Islamic Art in the 19th Century: Tradition, Innovation, And Eclecticism, Brill, 2006
2. Huart, C., Les Calligraphes et les Miniaturistes de l'Orient Musulman 1972, p. 188 Digital copy (in French)
3. Huart, C., Les Calligraphes et les Miniaturistes de l'Orient Musulman 1972, p. 188 Digital copy (in French)