Ottoman reverse glass calligraphy

An original reverse glass painting/Tekkia calligraphy (Turkish: Cam Alti)

Dated: 1348 Hijri / 1929 Gregorian

The Arabic text reads: “Ya hazreti Pir Husameddin Hüseyin Uşşâkî”

Dimensions: approx. 50 cm × 60 cm framed, crack in the glass on the side, which does not interfere with viewing.

Pir Seyyid Hasan Husameddin Uşşâkî was the founder of the Uşşâki branch of the Halvetiyya Sufism movement. His real name was Hasan, his nickname Husameddin (the sharp sword of religion). He was born in 880 AD (1473 AD) in Bukhara (Uzbekistan).

He was the teacher of the Ottoman Sultan Murad III. He came from Bukhara to Erzincan and studied with the Islamic and Sufi scholar Emir Ahmed Samarqandi. His teacher sent him to Uşşak to teach Islamic and Sufi sciences there. His teacher was Sultan Murad III. After Murat Khan ascended the throne, he brought Hazrat Pir to Istanbul. Hazrat Pir died in Konya in 1001 AD (1593 AD) at the age of 121 after returning from his last Hajj pilgrimage and was buried there.