Studies on The Love of The Prophet Muhammed in The Calligraphy of Turks

Abstract

Calligraphy, which has an exceptional place in Islamic art and culture, has shown its historical development especially on the Qur'an inscription. Undoubtedly, besides the importance that Islam attaches to reading and writing, the encouraging attitude of the Prophet on this issue has also been effective in making writing an art. Calligraphy reached its highest level in history through famous calligraphers. It became prominent in the Ottoman period after the development and purification process that continued for centuries, and gained a universal dimension with examples found in various museums around the world. As well as an art branch by itself, calligraphy, which is combined with other art techniques, accordingly, has wide usage in Turkish Islamic art. In this article, calligraphy works about topics such as love of the Prophet Muhammed, his exemplary personality, words, and behavior are discussed. Manuscripts and especially Qur'ans are at the top of this kind of calligraphy. Hadith and schamail books, which contain the words and behavior of the Prophet Muhammed, also have an important place among handwritten books. Kit as which are mostly composed of hadiths, murakkas (albums) created by combining kit'as, panels on which the verses about the Prophet and literary texts involving the love of the Prophet are written, hilyes in the form of verbal portrayal of the Prophet Muhammed were evaluated with visual examples.