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Şeyh Hamdullah on the 500th Anniversary of His Death — Sakıp Sabancı Museum

Sakıp Sabancı Museum (Sabancı University) page for its 2020 exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of Şeyh Hamdullah's death: born in Amasya; his father Mustafa Dede was a sheikh of the Suhrawardiyya order; he studied the six scripts under Hayreddin Mar'ashi, taught Prince Bayezid calligraphy, moved to Istanbul in 1481, withdrew from society after 1512, and died in 926 AH/1520 CE per Müstakimzade's chronogram.

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islam.museum contributors. “Şeyh Hamdullah on the 500th Anniversary of His Death — Sakıp Sabancı Museum”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/source/sakip-sabanci-shaykh-hamdullah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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