Taşköprüzade

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Taşköprüzade Ahmet
Personal details
Born3 December 1494
Died16 April 1561
ParentMuṣliḥ al-Dīn Muṣṭafā (father)
FamilyTaşköprü

Taşköprüzade or Taşköprülüzade Ahmet (طاشكبري أحمد); variant Aḥmad ibn Muṣṭafá ibn Khalīl Ṭāshkubrīʹzādah (أحمد بن مصطفى بن خليل طاشكبري) (3 December 1494 – 16 April 1561) was an Ottoman historian-chronicler living during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, who was famous for his great biographic encyclopedia.

Life

The family was known as 'Taşköprülüler' because Ahmet's grandfather had been a professor at the Muzafferiye madrasa of Hayreddin Halil in Taşköprü, Kastamonu. Taşköprülüzade received his first education from his father and uncle Kemaleddin Kasım, in Ankara and Bursa, and completed his studies in Istanbul. He was appointed to Oruç Pasha Madrasah in Dimetoka in 1525, and then to Hacı Hüseyinzade Madrasah in Istanbul. Later, he worked as a professor in various madrasas in Skopje and Edirne. He was appointed qadi (judge) of Bursa in 1545, and of İstanbul in 1551. A sight problem led to an early retirement from public service in 1554, but he continued working on the publication of his writings.[1]

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References

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  2. ^ Shaqāʾiq al-Nuʿmāniyya (in Arabic), İstanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, 1985
  3. OCLC 68576936
  4. ^ "miftah alsaeadat wamisbah alsiyada" مفتاح السعادة ومصباح السيادة [The key to happiness and the lamp of sovereignty] (in Arabic). 11 November 2000 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Cevdet, Ahmet, ed. (1895), Mawḍū'āt al-'ulūm (in Arabic), Dersaadet
  6. OCLC 300716194