1609 - 1657
Katip Çelebi Turkish Writer
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Details
| First Name |
Katip
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| Last Name |
Çelebi
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1608
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| Birthplace |
Constantinople
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| Died |
1657
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| Place of Death |
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
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| Nationality |
Turkish
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| Occupation Text |
Encyclopedist, historian, geographer, polymath, scientist
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Muṣṭafa ibn 'Abd Allāh (مصطفى بن عبد الله), generally known as Kâtip Çelebi (كاتب جلبي, "Gentleman Scribe"; variants: Kātib Çelebi; Katib Tchélébi; ‘Abdallāh Kātib Jelebi; Chalabi; Muṣṭafa Ben Hājī Khalīfah; Hâcci Halfa (Turkish: Hacı Halife) (حاجي خليفة), Haji Khalifa, Hajji Khalifeh, Hazi Halife, Hadschi Chalfa, Khalfa and Kalfa), (*1017 AH/1609 AD – d. 1068 AH/1657 AD) was a celebrated Ottoman-Turkish polymath and a leading literary author of the 17th-century Ottoman Empire. He compiled bibliographic, geographic and historical encyclopaedias, in addition to writing many treatises and essays. Regarded a “a deliberate and impartial historian… of extensive learning”, Franz Babinger claimed him to be the greatest encyclopaedist among the Ottomans.
