Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi (

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: ''Yesârîzâde Mustafa Izzet Efendi'') (d. 1849) was an Ottoman

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Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet Efendi's date of birth is not known, but is assumed to be in the 1770s. He was born in

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and was the son of the calligrapher,

Mehmed Esad Yesari Mehmed Esad Yesari (Turkish language, Modern Turkish: ''Mehmet Es'ad Yesârî'') (died 1798) (alternative names: Asad Yasārī, Taliknüvis Mehmed al-Assad, Şeyhülislam Veliyüddin Efendi) was an 18th-century Ottoman Empire, Ottoman calligrapher ...

. After studying calligraphy with his father, he served as a

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. Mustafa became a well known calligrapher in his own right, and taught students at the Imperial Court. His father had developed a unique style of '' ta'liq'' script called '' nesta'lik'', which was based on elements from the Persian master,

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combined with stylistic elements developed by Mehmed Esad Yesari (Yesarizade's father). Yesarizade Mustafa Izzet built on changes made by his father, making further improvements and elaborating the rules for the method. This new style was called ''celî ta'liq'' and was much better suited to Ottoman tastes. His version of the script remains largely unchanged and has been passed down to the modern day He died on 23 June 1849 and was buried near the Fâtih madrasah, next to his father. Their graves were moved following a fire in the district.''Islam Encyclopedia''
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