(1823 - 1861)
Abdülmecid learned the art of calligraphy and received his icazet from Mehmet Tahir Efendi, a faithful disciple and devoted pupil of Mahmud Celaleddin, the founder of his own individual school of calligraphy. Panels written by Abdülmecid in Thuluth and Jeli in the style of Celaleddin are to be found in several Istanbul mosques and museums, particularly in the mosques of Dolmabahce and Ortakoy. He died in 1861 at the age of thirty-eight.
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Above, the Verse,"Recite thou! For thy Lord is the most Beneficent, Who hath taught the use of the pen.", below, Hadith, "The humble and ust Sultan is the shadow and spear of Allah on earth. He is exulted equel to the work of century of the saints." |