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Ibn Kemal

1468 - 1536

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Şemseddin Ahmed (1469–1534), better known by his pen name Ibn Kemal (also Ibn Kemal Pasha) or Kemalpaşazâde ("son of Kemal Pasha"), was an Ottoman historian, Shaykh al-Islām, jurist and poet. He was born into a distinguished military family in Edirne and as a young man he served in the army and later studied at various madrasas and became the Kadı of Edirne in 1515. He had Iranian roots on his mother's side. He became a highly respected scholar and was commissioned by the Ottoman ruler Bayezid II to write an Ottoman history (Tevārīh-i Āl-i Osmān, "The Chronicles of the House of Osman"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Kemal is the 1,792nd most popular writer (up from 2,429th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 764th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among writers, Ibn Kemal ranks 1,792 out of 7,302. Before him are Izabela Czartoryska, José Carlos Mariátegui, Thomas of Celano, Julien Gracq, Adam Zagajewski, and Gabriel Naudé. After him are Lilya Brik, Colin Dexter, Juan Carlos Onetti, Gaius Julius Solinus, Yaşar Kemal, and Slavenka Drakulić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1468, Ibn Kemal ranks 6. Before him are Pope Paul III, Charles I, Duke of Savoy, John, Elector of Saxony, Basil Fool for Christ, and Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After him are Juan de Zumárraga, Tomé Pires, Juan del Encina, Johannes Werner, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., and Francesco Donato. Among people deceased in 1536, Ibn Kemal ranks 16. Before him are John of Leiden, William Tyndale, Garcilaso de la Vega, Cecilia Gallerani, Gil Vicente, and Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After him are Felice della Rovere, Jacob Hutter, Juan Pizarro, Gonzalo Guerrero, Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Marino Sanuto the Younger.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Ibn Kemal ranks 629 out of 1,347. Before him are Menander Protector (550), Roman of Bulgaria (930), Drastamat Kanayan (1884), Cüneyt Arkın (1937), Sultan Walad (1226), and Şehzade Bayezid (1612). After him are George Sphrantzes (1401), Maria Palaiologina (1300), Yaşar Kemal (1923), Mithridates II of Pontus (-300), Mesut Yılmaz (1947), and Alexios II of Trebizond (1282).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Ibn Kemal ranks 47. Before him are Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873), Quintus Smyrnaeus (400), Symeon the Metaphrast (900), Marcellinus Comes (450), Eustathius of Thessalonica (1101), and Menander Protector (550). After him are Yaşar Kemal (1923), Theodore I (1290), Petros Markaris (1937), Namık Kemal (1840), Nicander (-250), and Alexander Polyhistor (-100).

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