Yaqut al-Musta'simi

Yaqut al-Musta'simi
ياقوت المستعصمي
Double page from the Qur’an copied by Ya'qut al-Musta'simi in Baghdad, 1282–1283 AD (681 AH). Main text in Muhaqqaq script, incidentals in Kufic.
BornAmaseia
(modern-day Amasya, Turkey)
Died1298
Known forIslamic calligraphy
Patron(s)Al-Musta'sim

Yaqut al-Musta'simi (Arabic: ياقوت المستعصمي) (died 1298[1]) was a well-known calligrapher[2][3] and secretary of the last Abbasid caliph.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference efendi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Dankoff, Robert (2004). An Ottoman mentality: the world of Evliya Çelebi. Brill. p. 42. ISBN 978-90-04-13715-8.
  3. ^ Çelebi, Evli̇ya; Robert Dankoff (2006). Evliya Çelebi in Bitlis: the relevant section of the Seyahatname. Brill. p. 285. ISBN 978-90-04-09242-6. Retrieved 26 July 2010.