Diyarbakir Museum, Gubari calligraphy artist Omer Faruk Tekinby, Diyarbakirli Seyed Qasem GubariIt is full of interesting works dedicated to. Among these works are the world’s smallest 33 and 99 prayer beads made of fig seeds threaded through fox whiskers, as well as the Turkish flag. Visitors greet these unique works exhibited in glass bell jars with great interest.
Museum researcher Fatma Ozer, He stated that the word Gubari is of Persian origin and means ‘like dust’. Gubari calligraphy is a style of writing that is too small to be seen with the naked eye, and the materials the artist uses while performing this art include fig seeds, grains of rice, horse hair and fox whiskers. Özer stated that the artist created the world’s smallest 33 and 99 prayer beads exhibited in the museum by putting fig seeds on fox whiskers.
“This work is dedicated to the first representative of Gubari art”
Özer continued his words as follows: “This work is the first representative of art and is from Diyarbakır. Seyed Qasem GubariIt was dedicated to the spiritual personality of Hazrat and presented to our museum. Gubari art is a naive art that is processed with a very fine artistic eye. It is a piece that attracts great interest from our visitors in our museum. “They are the smallest 33 and 99 prayer beads in the world.”
“It is impossible to see with the eye”
Özer, who noted that there were 3 fig seed beads in the imame section of the works prepared using fig seed beads, stated that the word Allah was embroidered on these beads. He also stated that the prayer beads were made using 22 carat gold in the imame section. The third piece presented to visitors draws attention as the world’s smallest Turkish flag. Özer said, “People usually come with knowledge and are very surprised when they see it. It is not possible to see it with the naked eye, so they use their phones. They try to discover this art by placing their phones in the display case and getting closer.”
From Visitors Murat Aytekin, stated that these works were very beautiful and that it was the first time he had seen something like this, and said, “I was surprised, how was it made so small? It is truly astonishing.” history student Mizgin AkyolThe artist stated that when he first saw the bottle, he thought it was a tear bottle and that there were similar bottles in previous museums. Akyol said, “It is placed in graves. Women used to put their tears next to their husbands. I thought so, and when I learned about it, I was fascinated. Especially such fine workmanship really requires great effort. Thank you for your efforts. We thank you for providing us with such a thing. “I am a history student and I am very happy to come across such a work when I came to the museum.”
