title: Abdul Rahman Hilmi
text: # Abdul Rahman Hilmi
  
  Abdul Rahman Hilmi (died 1805) was a Turkish calligrapher.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Abdul Rahman Hilmi was pupil of Egrikapili Mehmed Rasim Efendi. He was an adroit calligrapher, known for the firmness of his writing. He spent most of life in Hagia Sophia school in Istanbul studying calligraphy and training students.
  
  Hilmi was remembered as a very moral and praiseworthy person. He died in 1220/1805 and was buried in Scutari, in the vicinity of another great calligrapher, Sheikh Hamdullah.
  
  