List of Ottoman chroniclers
This list names historiographers who report on the history or individual events of the Ottoman Empire (until 1923) and who lived within this empire, i.e. from the Balkans to Asia Minor and the Middle East to North Africa . Ethnicity is irrelevant.
| Surname | Data | important works |
|---|---|---|
| Abdurrahman Hibri | * 1604, † 1658/59 | Enısü'l-Müsamirın . dt. "The friend of evening conversations" |
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Abdussamed Diyarbekri (Abdussamed ben Seyyidi 'Alı ben Davud ed-Diyarbekri) |
* Late 15th century, † 1542 | Tercume-i en-nüzhe es-seniyye fı zikr el-hulefa ve'l-mülük el-mısriyye , dt. "Translation of the sublime edition in the mention of the caliphs and the Egyptian kings" |
| Ahmed Cevdet Pasha | * 1822, † 1895 | Tarih-i Cevdet , German "Chronicle of the Cevdet"; Tezâkir , German "records"; Ma'rûzât , German "inputs"; and much more |
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Ahmed İbrahim Resmî (Ahmed İbrahim Girıdî) |
* 1694/95, † 1783 | Hulasatü'l-i'tibar , German "History of the Russo-Ottoman War 1768"; Sefaratname'i Prusya , German "Embassy trip to Prussia" |
| Abraham of Crete | * ?, † 1737 | Patmut`iwn , German "Chronicle" |
| al-Burini (al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-Dimaschqī al-Ṣaffūrī Badr al-Dīn al-Būrīnī) | * 1556, † 1615 | Tarādschim al-Aʿyān min Abnāʾ az-Zamān (Arabic), German meaning: "Biographies of famous contemporary personalities" |
| Alî from Timisoara (Nakşî) | * 1674, † after 1722 | German "Chronicle of the events of Ca'fer Pasha" |
| ash-Shaʿrānī (ash-Schaʿrānī) | * 1491, † 1565 | aṭ-Ṭabaqāt al-kubrā , dt. "the great class register"; aṭ-Ṭabaqāt aṣ-ṣuġrā , German "the small class register"; aṭ-Ṭabaqāt al-wusṭā , dt. "the middle class register" |
| Anonymous Hanivaldanus | (unknown) | Old Ottoman chronicle, translated into Latin in 1584 |
| Aschikpaschazade (Derviş Ahmed, Ahmed-i Aşıki, Ahmed 'Aşık-Paşazâde) | * ~ 1400, † 1481–1503 | Menâkıb u tevârîh-i 'Al-i' Osmân , dt. "Memories and History of the House of Osman" |
| Aşık Çelebi | * 1520, † ~ 1569 | Meşâirü'ş-Şuârâ , dt. "Famous poets", u. v. a. |
| Belgradî Raşid Pasha | *?, † 1882/83 | Ta'rıh-i Vaq'a-i Hayretnümâ-i Belgrad ve Şırbistân , dt. "Chronicle of the events around Belgrade and Serbia" |
| Câbî Ömer Efendi | * ~ 1750, † 1814? | Câbî Ta'rihi , dt. "The Chronicle of Câbî" |
| Ebubekir bin Abdullah | * End of 16th century, † beginning of 17th century |
Tarih-i Oşman Paşa , dt. "The Chronicle of Osman Pasha" |
| Ebu Sehil Nu'man Efendi | * around 1700, † after 1750 | Tedbîrât-i Pesendîde , dt. "Excellent measures" |
| Evliya Çelebi | * 1611, † 1683 | Seyâhatnâme , dt. "The travel or logbook" |
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Göynüklü Ahmed Efendi (Ahmed bin Mahmud) |
* ~ 1650, † 1759 | Tarih-i Göynüklü , German "Chronicle of Göynükers" |
| Hacı Ali (Hajji Ali) | *?, † 2nd half of the 17th century | Ahbarü'l-Yemani , German "Description of Yemen"; Fethname-i Kamaniçe , German "The Conquest of Kamianets-Podilskyj" |
| Hasan Ağa | 17th century | Cevâhirü't-tevârîh , dt. "The jewels of history" |
| Hasan Beyzâde Ahmed Pasha , known as Hamdi | *?, † 1636/37 | Ta'rih , dt. "The Chronicle" |
| Ibn Budayr (Shihab ad-din Ahmad ibn Budayr al-Hallaq) | * 1st half of the 18th century, † after 1762 |
Ḥawādiṯ Dimašq aš-Šām al-yaumīya min sanat 1154 ila sanat 1176 , German "The daily events of Damascus from 1154 to 1176" |
| Ibn-i Kemal (Kemal-Paşa-zâde) | * 1468, † 1533/34 | Tevârîh-i Âl-i Osmân , German "History of the House of Osman" |
| Ibn Iyas (Ibn Iyās) | * 1448, † ~ 1522 | Badai Alzuhur Fi Wakayi Alduhur |
| Ibn Zunbul | * ?, † ~ 1574 (or 1653) | Fath Misr (Taʾrīch aḥḏ Miṣr min al-Jarākisa) . German for example: "The story of the removal of Egypt by the Circassians"; and much more |
| Ibrahim Na'imeddin | * 1695., †? | German "The Garden of the Faith Martyrs of the Border" |
| Ibrâhîm Peçevî | * 1574, † ~ 1649 | Ta'rıh-i Peçevi , German "The Chronicle of Peçevi" |
| İdris-i Bitlisî | * ?, † 1520 | Hascht Bihischt , German "The eight paradises"; Selimname , dt. "The chronicle of the reign of Selim I." |
| Kara Mehmed Pasha | * ?, † 1684 | German "Report of the Ottoman Grand Ambassador Mehmed Pascha" |
| Katib Çelebi | * 1609, † 1657 | Takvîm al-tevârîh , dt. "The chronology from Adam" |
| Constantine from Ostrovitza | * around 1435, † after 1481 | German " Memoirs of a Janissary or Turkish Chronicle" (original language unknown) |
| Latîfî (Abdüllatif Çelebi) | * 1491, † 1582 | Tezkire , German about "Annotated Biographies" |
| Mehmed Memduh | * 1839, † 1925 | Feveran-i Ezman , German about: "Upsets of times"; Esvat-i sudur , German about: "Voices of the Grand Viziers"; and a few more |
| Mehmed Raşid | * ?, † 1735 | Tarih-i Raşid , German "The Chronicle of Raschid" |
| Mehmed Süreyya | * 1845, † 1909 | Sicill-i Osmânî yâhûd, Tezkire-i Meşahir-i 'Osmânije , German "Ottoman National Biography " |
| Nadschm ad-Dīn al-Ghazzī | * 1570, † 1651 | al-Kawākib as-sāʾira fī aʿyān al-miʾa al-ʿāshira , etc., biographies of spiritual and profane notables from Damascus |
| Na'īmā | * ~ 1655, † 1716 | Ta'rīh-i Na'īmā , dt. "The Chronicle of Na'ımā" |
| Neşri | † before 1520 | Cihannümâ , German "World Atlas" |
| Oruç | 15./16. century | German "The Chronicle of Uruj" |
| Osman Ağa (chronicler) | * ~ 1671, † after 1725 | Kıtâb-i insâ , dt. "The Book of Diplomatics"; Nemçe tarıhi , German "German history"; and two autobiographies |
| Sarı Mehmet Pasha | *?, † 1717 |
Zübde-i Veqayi'at , German about: The best protection [precaution]; Kitab-i Güldeste , German about: Book of the blossom harvest , anthology |
| Silâhdar Fındıklılı Mehmed Ağa | * 1658, † 1723 | Nusratname , dt. "The Book of Victory , or The Story of Silihdar" |
| Talikizâde (Talikizâde Mehmed ibn Mehmed el-Fenâri) | * ~ 1540, † ~ 1600 | Gürcistan seferi , German "The Georgian Campaign", also Revaniyye , German "The Yerevan Book"; as well as five other works |
| The master of ceremonies | 17th century | Vekayi'-i Beç , dt. "The events around Vienna - The ceremonial diary " |