Egrikapili Mehmed Rasim Efendi

1687-d. May 13, 1756) (Modern Turkish: Eğrikapılı Mehmed Râsim Efendi) was an Ottoman calligrapher and poet.

His father, Yusuf Efendi (d.1729), was the imam of the Molla Aşkî Masjid and an accomplished calligrapher.

[1] As a child, Eğrikapılı studied with his father, and later became a pupil of the court calligrapher, Yedikuleli Seyyid 'Abdullah Efendi.

[2] Mehmed Rasim gained a reputation for his work and became a major court calligrapher in the Tulip period during the reign of Sultan Ahmed III.

He is noted for copying over 60 manuscripts of the Kuran as well as executing many inscriptions, including on the fountain of Saliha Sultan at Azap Kapi in Constantinople.