[1] His father was Mehmed Efendi, an official of the Quilt-makers Guild and his mother was Nefise Hanim.

[2] He studied calligraphy with Kibriszade Ismail Hakki Efendi and Haydar Bey (182-1870).

These plates were generally written on black paper with yellow colored ink, or sometimes with gold.

[7] The Tughra (monogram) found its "definitive shape" with Sami Efendi during the era of Abdulhamid II.

His former student, Hacı Kâmil Efendi (Akdik) wrote his epigraph with celî sülüs.