Hoca Sadeddin Efendi

This is an Ottoman Turkish style name. Sadeddin is the given name, the title is Efendi, and there is no family name.

Hoca Sadeddin (or Sa'düddin) Efendi (1536 or 1537 – October 2, 1599^[1]) was an Ottoman scholar, official, and historian, a teacher of Ottoman sultan Murad III (when Murad was prince). His name is transcribed differently: Sa'd ad-Din, Sa'd al-Din, Sa’adeddin, Sadeddin, etc. He was also called "Hoca Efendi", "Koca Hoca Efendi" and with the title of "Câmi'-ür Riyâseteyn".^[1]

When Murad became Sultan, Sadeddin became his advisor. Later he fell out of favor, but was appointed Sheikh ul-islam, a superior authority in the issues of Islam.

Sadeddin is the author of Tâc üt-Tevârîh (Tadj ut-Tewarikh, “Crown of Histories”), a history of the Ottoman Empire in prose and verse.

Publications

Hoca Sadeddin Efendi, Tâcü't-tevârih. Sad. İsmet Parmaksızoğlu, vols. 1-5, Kültür Bakanlığı, Ankara, 1974-1979 reprint:1999. ("Sad". means Sadelestiren, "simplification")
- Vol. 1: Osman Gazi, Orhan Gazi, Hüdevendigar Gazi ve Yıldırım Han Devirleri.
- Vol. 2: Yıldırım Han'dan Fatih Sultan Mehmed'e.
- Vol. 3: Fatih Sultan Mehmed ve İkinci Beyazid Dönemi.
- Vol. 4: Şehzadelerin Girişimleri - Selimname ve Yavuz Sultan Selim Dönemi.
- Vol. 5: Hatime. Orijinal karton kapaklarında.
Saad ed-dini scriptoris turcici Annales turcici usque ad Muradem I cum textu turcico impressi. Translated to Latin, edited and annotated by Adam F. Kollár. Vienna: 1755.
Bulgarian translation: Калицин, Мария. Корона на историите на Ходжа Садеддин. Transl. of Vol. 1. from Osman Turkish; analysis and commentary. Велико Търново (Veliko Tarnovo), Publ. "Абагар" ("Abagar"), 2000, 437 с, ISBN 954-427-427-8

Sources

1 2 İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 118. (Turkish)

Ottoman historians

15th century	Oruç Bey Aşıkpaşazade Enveri Ibn Kemal Neşri Şükrullah Tursun Bey

16th century	Mustafa Âlî Lûtfi Paşa Matrakçı Nasuh Hoca Sadeddin Efendi Mustafa Selaniki

17th century	İbrahim Peçevi Solakzade Mehmed Hemdemi Kâtip Çelebi Münejjim Bashi Silahdar Fındklılı Mehmed Ağa Osman Aga of Temesvar Mustafa Naima

18th century	Ahmed Resmî Efendi

19th century	Ali Amiri Ahmed Cevdet Pasha

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 13740033 ISNI: 0000 0000 8358 665X SUDOC: 033274088 BNF: cb12415662r (data)

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