Full Name Mehmed Sami Role Calligrapher | Name Sami Efendi | |
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Notable work Imperial tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II. It reads: Abdul Hamid Khan bin Abdul Majid, al-muzaffar daima. Dated 1298/1881, Istanbul. |
Sami Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: سامى افندي, 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.
Sami efendi k s hazretlerinin hicri i rtihali sene i devriyesi
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