Calligraphist (B. 1642,
He started to work on Şeyh Hamdullah’s works. He tried to imitate
his Koran, which was kept in the Palace, and managed to gain skills. He went to
Hâfız Burhan continuously produced
during his forty years active art life, and twenty five Korans, many pieces of Koran,
stanzas, drafts and collages he produced are kept by various museums, libraries
and private collections. He is also known to have produced the
first ornamented plate using one-third and naskh calligraphy. Yedikuleli Seyit Abdullah,
Ambarizade Derviş Ali, Ahmed III, Hasan Üsküdari, Bursalı Mehmet, Yusuf Mecdi,
Yusuf-ı Rumi and Derviş Mehmet
Kevkeb can be mentioned among his famous students.
REFERENCE: Habîb / Hat
ve Hattâtân (s. 121-123, 1305), İbrahim Alaeddin Gövsa / Türk
Meşhurları (1946), Kemâl Çığ / Hattat Hâfız Osman (1949), A. Süheyl
Ünver / Hattat Hâfız Osman ve Yazdığı Kur'an-ı Kerîmler (s. 5-9, 1967), M.
Uğur Derman / Türk Hat Sanatının Şaheserleri (1982)
- Kendi İzahlarıyla Hâfız Osman'ın Mushafları
(Sanat Dünyamız, s. 10-15, 1982) - İslâm Kültür Mirasında Hat Sanatı
(s. 199-201, 1992) - TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi ( c. 15, s. 98-99-100, 1997),
Şevket Rado / Türk Hattatları (s. 109-116, 1984),
Büyük Larousse (c. 8, s. 4930, 1986), Ali Alparslan / Ünlü Türk Hattatları
(s. 64-81, 1992), İhsan Işık / Ünlü Sanatçılar
(Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 5, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous
People (2013).