Hama: Calligraphers
Date: before 1166
The noted scribe, ʿAli ibn Muhammad Abu al-Mukarim Majd al-Din ibn al-Wazir Abu al-Maʿali (d. 561/1165-66), was born in Cairo. According to his biography, he worked as a scribe for the ruler of Hama. See also: Engraver of seal rings; Engraver of inscribed plaques; Inlayers of metalwork.
Citation: James, David, ‘Qurʾans and Calligraphers of the Ayyubids and Zangids’, in Robert Hillenbrand and Sylvia Auld (eds), Ayyubid Jerusalem: The Holy City in Context, 1187-1250 (London: Altajir Trust, 2009), p. 354.
Date: before 1242-43
Al-Wazir ʿAbdallah ibn Wahib ibn ʿAbdallah (also known as ʿAbd al-Rahman Zaki al-Din al-Qusi; d. 640/1242-43) was born in Hama and became the vizier of the ruler of Hama, 1178-91. He wrote in the style of the famous Iraqi calligrapher, Ibn al-Bawwab (d. c. 1022). See also: Engraver of seal rings; Engraver of inscribed plaques; Inlayers of metalwork.
Citation: James, David, ‘Qurʾans and Calligraphers of the Ayyubids and Zangids’, in Robert Hillenbrand and Sylvia Auld (eds), Ayyubid Jerusalem: The Holy City in Context, 1187-1250 (London: Altajir Trust, 2009), p. 354.
Date: before 1294-95
Muhammad ibn ʿUmar ibn Ahmad ibn Hibatallah Abu Ghadir (d. 694/1294-95) was an Aleppine who studied calligraphy and ḥadīth in Baghdad. He became chief judge in Hama. See also: Engraver of seal rings; Engraver of inscribed plaques; Inlayers of metalwork.
Citation: James, David, ‘Qurʾans and Calligraphers of the Ayyubids and Zangids’, in Robert Hillenbrand and Sylvia Auld (eds), Ayyubid Jerusalem: The Holy City in Context, 1187-1250 (London: Altajir Trust, 2009), p. 356.