MEHMED IZZET EFFENDI: (1841 - 1903)

Mehmed Izzet Effendi was born in Istanbul in 1257 H. We do not know from whom he received his icazet, but he is known to have written a very beautiful Thuluth and Naskhi and to have written the Rik’a script in a very pleasing style peculiar to himself. He taught writing in various schools including Galatasaray Lycee. Two of his books of calligraphy models for students have been published. The inscription on the dome of the German Fountain in Sultanahmet bears his signature. He died in 1320 and was buried in the Yahya Effendi cemetery in Besiktas.

A Divani from: Hutut-i Osmaniye, Istanbul 1892, p. 51 by Mehmed Izzet Efendi (1841–1904).

A Celi Divani from: Hutut-i Osmaniye, Istanbul 1892, p. 51 by Mehmed Izzet Efendi (1841–1904).

German Fountain in Istanbul. Photograph © Senem Güdücüoglu