Sami Efendi
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| Sami Efendi | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Mehmed Sami |
| Born |
1837 Ottoman Empire |
| Died |
1912 (aged 74–75) Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
| Field | Calligraphy |
| Works |
 Imperial tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II. It reads: Abdulhamid Han bin Abdulmecid, el muzaffer daima
Istanbul, dated 1298/1881 |
Sami Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: سامى Modern Turkish: Hattat Mehmet Sâmi Efendi) (1837-1912) was an Ottoman calligrapher. The Tughra found its definitive shape in the era of Abdulhamid II in the hands of Sami Efendi.[1]
See also
Media related to Sami Efendi at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ↑ Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, Gábor Ágoston, Bruce Alan Masters, 2009, page 117
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