Hashem Muhammad al-Baghdadi

Hashem Muhammad al-Baghdadi
أبو راقم هاشم محمد حاج دربس القيسي
Hashem al-Baghdadi
Born	Abu Rakeem Hashim Muhammad al-Haj Derbas al-Qaisi 1917 Baghdad, Ottoman Iraq
Died	1973 Baghdad, Ba'athist Iraq
Nationality	Iraqi
Education	Ahmadiyya School, Baghdad (with Mullah Aref al-Shaikhli) Mulla Muhammad ‛Ali al-Fadli (apprenticeship, 1930s) Tahsin al-Khuthuth Madrasah, Cairo (1944) Hamid Aytaç, Istanbul (1950,1952)
Known for	Master calligrapher and educator
Style	Thuluth, naskh and nasta'liq scripts

Hashem Muhammad al-Baghdadi (1917–1973) was an Iraqi master calligrapher, noted for his lettering which exhibited a steadiness of hand and fluidity of movement. In his later life, he was acknowledged as the "imam of calligraphy" across the Arab world, and would be the last of the classical calligraphers. He also authored several important texts on the art of calligraphy.