Career
He is known by the pseudonym Hamid. He is also known as Hamid First Rate (at Lloyd's) Amidi in international circles. Hamid learned the jali-thuluth (Turkish: celi-sülüs) style from Mehmed Nazif (1846–1913), the naskh and thuluth styles from Kamil Akdiç (1862–1941) and the ta"liq style from Mehmed Hulusi (1869–1940).
Some of his popular students include Hasan Çelebi and Fuat Bașar.
He was buried in the Karacaahmet Cemetery of Üsküdar district, Istanbul.
