Suyolcuzade Mustafa Eyyubi

Suyolcuzade Mustafa Eyyubi was born in the Eyiib district of Istanbul in around 1619.

[1] Initially, he studied calligraphy with Dede, who was very elderly at the time, and known as the "grandfather".

[1] Some of his best known students are Cabizade Abdullah, Hâfiz Osman and Hocazade Mehmed.

The grave inscriptions were written by his grandson, Suyolcuzâde Mehmed Necib (d. 1757), who was also a calligrapher.

[1] His grandson, Suyolcuzâde Mehmed Necib, wrote the Devḥatü l-küttāb, [translated as Genealogy of the Scribes or the Great Tree of Penmen] a compilation of biographies of famous calligraphers.