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Matrakçı Nasuh

1480 - 1564

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Nasuh bin Karagöz bin Abdullah el-Visokavi el-Bosnavî, commonly known as Matrakçı Nasuh (Turkish pronunciation: [matɾakˈtʃɯ naˈsuh]; Serbo-Croatian: Matrakčija Nasuh Visočak) for his competence in the combat sport of Matrak which was invented by himself, (also known as Nasuh el-Silâhî, Nasuh the Swordsman, because of his talent with weapons; 1480 – c. 1564) was a 16th-century Ottoman Bosnian statesman of the Ottoman Empire, polymath, mathematician, philosopher, teacher, historian, geographer, cartographer, swordmaster, navigator, inventor, painter, farmer, and miniaturist. He was brought to Istanbul after being recruited by Ottoman scouts in Rumelia. He was then educated, served several Ottoman sultans, and became a teacher at Enderun School. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matrakçı Nasuh is the 155th most popular historian (down from 99th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (down from 44th in 2019) and the most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Matrakçı Nasuh ranks 155 out of 561. Before him are Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Shlomo Sand, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Adémar de Chabannes, Doukas, and François Furet. After him are Gottfried Achenwall, Martino Martini, Norman Davies, Hermann Abert, Marin Barleti, and Augustin Thierry.

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Among people born in 1480, Matrakçı Nasuh ranks 27. Before him are Stańczyk, Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Charlotte of Albret, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, António de Abreu, and Pir Sultan Abdal. After him are Pedro Damiano, Girolamo Aleandro, Herri met de Bles, Antonio de Guevara, Girolamo Savoldo, and Duarte Barbosa. Among people deceased in 1564, Matrakçı Nasuh ranks 6. Before him are Michelangelo, John Calvin, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Andreas Vesalius, and Pierre Belon. After him are Rani Durgavati, Sabina of Bavaria, Charles Estienne, Giovanni da Udine, Éléonore de Roye, and Theodore Bibliander.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Matrakçı Nasuh ranks 66 out of 375. Before him are Andrija Artuković (1899), Džemal Bijedić (1917), Jovan Dučić (1871), Kemal Monteno (1948), Edin Džeko (1986), and Nebojša Radmanović (1949). After him are Aleksa Šantić (1868), Borjana Krišto (1961), Branko Stanković (1921), Dragan Đokanović (1958), Stephen I, Ban of Bosnia (1242), and Željka Cvijanović (1967).

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Among HISTORIANS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among historians born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Matrakçı Nasuh ranks 1. After him are Vladimir Ćorović (1885).

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