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Kâtip Çelebi

1609 - 1657

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Kâtip Çelebi (كاتب جلبي) or Ḥājjī Khalīfa (حاجي خليفة) (1017 AH/1609 AD – 1068 AH/1657 AD) was a Turkish polymath and author of the 17th-century Ottoman Empire. He compiled a vast universal bibliographic encyclopaedia of books and sciences, the 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." Writing with equal facility in Alsina-i Thalātha—the three languages of Ottoman imperial administration, Arabic, Turkish and Persian – principally in Arabic and then in Turkish, his native tongue— he also collaborated on translations from French and Latin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kâtip Çelebi is the 2,101st most popular writer (down from 1,402nd in 2019), the 698th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 507th in 2019) and the 60th most popular Turkish Writer.

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Among writers, Kâtip Çelebi ranks 2,101 out of 7,302. Before him are Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Thomas Merton, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Mircea Cărtărescu, and Cleitarchus. After him are Alexis, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Edmond Hamilton, Tin Ujević, and Tomé Pires.

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Among people born in 1609, Kâtip Çelebi ranks 13. Before him are Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Hanzade Sultan, and Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. After him are Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Paul Fleming, Jean Rotrou, and Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon. Among people deceased in 1657, Kâtip Çelebi ranks 12. Before him are Clara Peeters, Balthasar van der Ast, Jacob van Campen, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Menasseh Ben Israel, and Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine. After him are Olimpia Maidalchini, Laura Mancini, Robert Blake, Hayashi Razan, Jacob van Eyck, and Andrew Bobola.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Kâtip Çelebi ranks 698 out of 1,347. Before him are Eunomius of Cyzicus (335), Haluk Bilginer (1954), Ali Sami Yen (1886), Anthemius (400), Fatma Sultan (1548), and Cleitarchus (-400). After him are Nicomedes III of Bithynia (-200), John Argyropoulos (1415), Akile Hatun (1607), Adnan Oktar (1956), Ahmed Muhtar Pasha (1839), and Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Kâtip Çelebi ranks 60. Before him are Methodius of Olympus (260), Bion of Smyrna (-300), Pir Sultan Abdal (1480), Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889), Michael Choniates (1140), and Cleitarchus (-400). After him are Adnan Oktar (1956), Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929), Oribasius (325), Quadratus of Athens (100), Paul the Silentiary (520), and Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676).

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