Kâtip Tchelebi
Kâtip Çelebi, or Ḥājjī Khalīfa ; was the celebrated Ottoman-Turkish polymath and leading literary author of the 17th-century Ottoman Empire. He compiled a vast universal encyclopaedia, the famous Kaşf az-Zunūn, and wrote many treatises and essays. “A deliberate and impartial historian… of extensive learning”, Franz Babinger hailed him "the greatest encyclopaedist among the Ottomans."
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Male
Date of Birth
January 1st, 1609
Age
415
Birth Place
Istanbul Province, Istanbul
Date of Death
October 6th, 1657
Died Aged
48
Star Sign
Capricorn
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