PHILOSOPHY of HISTORY / con_spection

besmele. 1973. 2010

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,Aydın Bolak için yazılan şekli 1973 “My friend Prof. Dr. Yumuşhan Günay mentioned to me once that this kûfî besmele design was closely resembling “Alhambra Architecture”: & then, I have found & checked this photo & believed it to be true.”Bu besmeleyi Aydın Bolak’ın siparişi üzerine, 1973 te yazmıştım. Ancak sonraki bir tarihte besmeleye, Hüve allah, muhammmed, ebubekir, omer, osman […]

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nokta-i suğra. 1970

nokta-i suğrâ: sufilerin temâşâ nesnesi Şahin Uçar’ın, Süheyl Ünver Hocadan ders aldığı yıllarda, tıp tarihi enstitüsü atölyesinde kendi kompozisyonu olarak yaptığı ilk deseni budur. Sene 1970. Dergah Yayınevinin Türk Edebiyatı Ansiklopedisindeki “nokta-i suğrâ” maddesinde de bu desenin siyah-beyaz bir fotoğrafı vardır. Peyâmi Safâ’nın “Sanat, Edebiyat, Tenkit” kitabının kapak deseni olarak da basılmıştır, 1970

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kufi chapter two

Chapter II           On Historical Origins of Arabic Script and Historical Development of Kufi Calligraphy   When I first decided to write about my Kufi calligraphy and Kufic scripture in general, I thought this was a new opportunity to convey all my ideas more clearly within the illuminating light of Kufic script. But in that case,

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preface to kufi

kufi calligraphy from the perspective of my philosophy of history By Şahin Uçar / May 10, 2025 Preface  I am going to articulate my ideas about Kufi scripture because I wish to present my Kufi calligraphy compositions collectively; so that they may be preserved and registered in a book format. Being a history professor—my doctoral dissertation was on “Arab Invasions to Anatolia (640-750

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kufi chapter one

  chapter 1     Kufi Calligraphy from the Perspective of my Philosophy of History اِقْرَأْ بِاسْمِ رَبِّكَ الَّذٖي خَلَقَۚ 
,خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍۚ 
اِقْرَأْ  وَ رَبُّكَ الْاَكْرَمُۙ 
 اَلَّذٖي عَلَّمَ بِالْقَلَمِۙ 
عَلَّمَ الْاِنْسَانَ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْؕ 
 Recite: In the name of thy Lord who created
Created man of a blood-clot.
Recite: And thy Lord is the most Generous,
Who taught by

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Bibliography for kufi

Bibliography for kufi Blair, S. (2006). Islamic Calligraphy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Bloom, Jonathan M. (2015). The Blue Koran revisited. Journal of Islamic Manuscripts 6, 2–3, 196–218.       D.roche, F. (1990–1991). The Qurʾān of Amāğūr. Manuscripts of the Middle East, 5,59–66.   D.roche, F. (1992). The Abbasid Tradition: Qurʾan̄̄ s of the 8th to 10th Centuries A.D. The

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contents

contents Preface “A Life in Letters: From Nokta-i Suğrâ to Kufi Legacy” Personal journey as a calligrapher and historian Origins of your artistic and academic engagement with Kufi   Kufi Calligraphy from the Perspective of my Philosophy of History     Chapter I Philosophical Reflections on Language, Writing, Human Knowledge, History and Historical Significance of the Kufi Calligraphy The Semantics

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TO DO

EKLER: Mana yi kelam  kufİ İle yazilmali kelamin manasindan varlIĞIN anlamina  DIL BAHSINDE MULK ALLAHINDIR NEDEN HER YERDE TARIH FELSEFESİ BAHSI KAMETI DILDAR  MAŞRIKİ KUFI ILE YAZILMALI YAZI RUHUN ELİ? BULUNUP LETTERS BAHSİNE EKLENSİN KUCUK HAT KITABINI ARA tarih felsefesi süzgeci ARABESK , Rumi ve kufi besmeledek’ rumi limene colingwood speculum mentis sanat felsefe din ortacağ totnbe sanat functional sahin

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Annex 1: About the Art of Calligraphy

About the Art of Calligraphy Tohum Dergisi, Istanbul, 1969 The Origin and Character of Writing The art of calligraphy is an abstract art form where the deepest expression of the Arabic alphabet is blended with Turkish genius. As the late master İ.H. Danişmend stated in his Islamic History Chronology, the Arabic alphabet originates from the Phoenician script. The Latin alphabet,

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