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List of female calligraphers

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This is a partial list of notable female calligraphers.

3rd century

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  • Xie Daoyun Chinese poet, writer, scholar and calligrapher
  • Wei Shuo (272–349) Chinese calligrapher

7th-10th centuries

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  • Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah Arabic calligrapher
  • Al-Nuddar (d. 984) Andalusian calligrapher and scholar[1]
  • Umm al-Darda al-Sughra [2][3]
  • Sana (8th Century) Abbasid calligrapher [3]
  • Fadl (d. 260/873-74) Abbasid poet and calligrapher[3]
  • Gulsum al-Attabi (d. 220/835) Arabic calligrapher[3]
  • Fadl (10th Century)[3]
  • Duhtar-i ibn Mukla Shirazi (10th Century)[3]
  • Muzna (d. 358/969)[3]
  • Fadl (d. 260/873-74)[3]
  • Fatima (?-?) Andalusian calligrapher[3]

11th-12th centuries

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  • Safiyyah bint Abd al-Rabb (d. 1026)[3]
  • Fatima bint Zakariya bint Abdullah al-Shebbarp (d. 1036)[3]
  • Diemoth (b. 1060-130) Bavarian calligrapher
  • Fatima al-Baghdadi bint Hasan b. ‘Alī b. ‘Abdullah Attar (d. 480/1087) Iraqi calligrapher[3]
  • Fakhr-un-Nisa (d. 1112) Iranian calligrapher
  • Lubna (d. 1003) Abbasid poet and calligrapher [4]
  • Zaynab Shahda bint Ahmad b. Al-Faraj b. ‘Omar Al-Abrī (d. 547/1178) Iraqi calligrapher [5]
  • Sittu'r-Rida bint Nasrallah b. Mas'ud (d. after 567/1171)[3]

13th-14th centuries

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  • Shuhda Bint Al-‘Ibari (d. 1178) Abbasid calligrapher [6][3]
  • Guan Daosheng (1262–1319) Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher
  • Cao Miaoqing Chinese poet and calligrapher
  • Sitt Nasim Abbasid calligrapher [7]

15th-16th centuries

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17th-18th centuries

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  • Amina (daughter of calligrapher, Mustafa Chelebi) minor calligrapher active in Ottoman Bosnia [8]
  • Goharshad Ghazvini Persian calligrapher
  • Ike Gyokuran (1727–1784) Japanese painter and calligrapher
  • Esmâ Ibret Hanim (b. 1780) Ottoman calligrapher
  • Marjan al-Katib al-Islami Iranian calligrapher
  • Fatıma Ânî Hanım (d.1122 / 1710) Ottoman calligrapher[3]
  • Fatıma Tûtî (d. 1106-1123 / 1694-95)[3]
  • Fang Weiyi (1585–1668) Chinese poet, calligrapher and historian
  • Şerife Zehra Hanim Ottoman calligrapher[9]
  • Im Yunjidang (1721–1793) Korean philosopher and calligrapher
  • Cao Zhenxiu (b. 1762) Chinese calligrapher

19th-20th centuries

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Al-Munajjid, S.A.D., "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, p. 146
  2. ^ Sayeed, A., Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam, Cambridge University Press, 2013, pp 70-71
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Kazan, H., Dünden Bugüne Hanım Hattatlar (Female Calligraphers Past And Present), Istanbul, Büyükşehir Belediyesi, 2010, Chapter 5
  4. ^ a b c Momin, A.R., "The Calligraphic World of Nuria Garcia Masip", IOS Minaret, Vol. 10, No. 8, 1–15 September 2015 Online:
  5. ^ Kazan, H., Dünden Bugüne Hanim Hattatlar [Female calligraphers past and present], Istanbul, Büyüksehir Belediyesi Kültür Isleri Daire Baskanligi, 2010, ISBN 6055592517
  6. ^ Adams Helminski, C., Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, Shambhala Publications, 2003, [E-book edition], n.p.
  7. ^ Al-Munajjid, S.A.D., "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, p. 146
  8. ^ Dervisevic, H., "18th-century Qur'an Transcribed by a Woman," Islamic Arts Magazine, 1 June 2017, [1]
  9. ^ Kazan H., "XIX. Asırda Bir Kadın Hattat: Şerife Zehra Hanım", Toplumsal Tarih, 2014, pp 86-90
  10. ^ Türkischer Biographischer Index [Turkish Biographical Index], De Gruyter, 2011, p. 1087
  11. ^ Muslim Heritage, Online:
  12. ^ Islamic Arts Portal, Online (in Turkish and English)
  13. ^ Al-Munajjid, S.A.D., "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, pp 146-147
  14. ^ Schick, T.C., M. Uğur Derman 65th birthday Festschrift Sabancı Universitesi, 2000, p. 347

Further reading

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  • Salah al-Din al-Munajjid, "Women's Roles in the Art of Arabic Calligraphy" in: George Nicholas Atiyeh (ed.), The Book in the Islamic World: The Written Word and Communication in the Middle East, Albany, State University of New York Press, 1995, pp 141–149.