Wikipedia's own article on the calligrapher Seyyid Kasim Gubari is a tertiary encyclopedic source. Its strength is that it records the biographical facts plainly: born Cherif Abdallah in Diyarbakir, died in 1615 or 1616, his training in the Thuluth and Naskh scripts, the ghobar writing legend attached to his skill, and his commission to execute the calligraphy throughout the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, including much of the dome. Its limit is the ordinary one for a crowd edited encyclopedia entry: reliable for the outline of a documented career, not a substitute for specialist scholarship on Ottoman calligraphy.
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Reliability Tier3
Wikipedia's article on the calligrapher Seyyid Kasim Gubari, the lower tier reflecting a tertiary, crowd edited encyclopedia entry, weighed against its usefulness for the outline of a documented career, his training, his commission for the Sultan Ahmed Mosque's calligraphy, and the dates of his death. It is not a substitute for specialist scholarship on Ottoman calligraphy. NotesBiographical facts for the calligrapher: born Cherif Abdallah in Diyarbakir, died 1615 or 1616, his training in Thuluth and Naskh scripts, the ghobar-writing legend attached to his skill, and his commission to execute the calligraphy throughout the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, including much of the dome.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seyyid_Kasim_Gubari
Source Typereference
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- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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