
Şehrî İsmail Efendi (Balcızâde)
Şehrî İsmail Efendi: Calligrapher-Secretary of the Sultan Bayezid Endowments
Balcızâde Şehrî İsmail Efendi: a calligrapher who taught writing in Amasya for years, a master of broken thuluth and a poet among the city's men of letters, d. c. 1049.
13 October 2026
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