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A. Cemaat-i Nakka§an (Society of Painters)

Name of Artist Date of Register with Daily Wages Corps Comments
1526 1545 1557/1558 1557-1558 1566
Abdulali-i Tebrizi 20 20 Acem M nakka§; gave gifts to the sultan
c. 1555
Abdulfettah-i Tebrizi 12 Acem M nakka§; came from Tabriz in 1514;
gave gifts to the sultan c. 1555
Abdulgani musavvir and nakkas,; came from
Tabriz in 1514; gave gifts to the
sultan c. 1555; received from the
sultan 2,000 akçes in 1555/1556;
listed in 1552/1553-1555/1556 as
having illuminated one Koran and
paid 4,000 akçes*
Abdülhalik-i Tebrizi 12 Acem M nakka§; came from Tabriz in 1514;
gave gifts to the sultan c. 1555
Abdulhamid-i 10.5 16 Acem M nakka§; gave gifts to the sultan c.
Tebrizi 1550-1555
Abdülkerim b. 2 Rum A
Hasan Çelebi
Abdulmecid-i Tebrizi nakka§; received from the sultan
2,000 akçes in 1555/1556
Abdülvehhab b. 8.5 M became apprentice when father, an
Fazlullah imperial master, died during reign of
Selim I
Abdurrahman called cedvdke§ (one who draws
margin lines) nakka§; received from
the sultan 2,000 akçes c. 1535
Ahi Bey-i Tebrizi 10 10 10 Acem M nakka§; came from Tabriz in 1514;
gave gifts to the sultan c. 1550-
1555; received from the sultan 1,000
akçes in 1555/1556
Ahmed 1.5 A apprentice of ibrahim; former slave;
registered 25 Zilkade 930 (15
October 1524)
Ahmed katib and nakkas,; listed in 15527
1553-1555/1556 as having
transcribed and illuminated two
Korans and paid 4,500 akçes*
Ahmed Bey-i Tebrizi 10 Acem M
Ahmed b. Kasim 6 6 6.5 7.5 Rum M
Ahmed-i Firuz Bey 15 16 Rum M nakkaç; slave of Firuz Bey; registered
when master died during reign of
Selim I; received from the sultan
1,500 akçes c. 1535
Ahmed-i Rumi 10 M
Alaeddin Mehmed nakka§; came from Tabriz in 1514;
(Muhammed) gave gifts to the sultan c. 1550-1555
together with his father
(Muhammed ?) and brother Kemal
Ali 2 1 Rum A apprentice of Hüseyin-i Rumi;
registered 15 §evval 925 (10 October
1519); sent to the Edirne Palace

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