Keşfî, Mehmed Çelebi, -1524 or 1525
He was an historian who served as clerk to Sultan Selim, accompanying him during campaigns in Iran and Egypt. After Sultan Selim's death in 1520, he briefly became Anatolian treasurer. He wrote two histories, one concise and one detailed, about Selim's Iran and Egypt campaigns.
- HMML ID
- 823657430317
- PURL
- LC name
- Keşfî, Mehmed Çelebi, -1524 or 1525
- HMML name
- Keşfî, Mehmed Çelebi, -1524 or 1525
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Variants
- Keşfî
- كشفى
- كشفى، محمد چلبى
Personal information
- Death date
- [1524,1525]
- Centuries
- 16th century CE
- Gender
- Males
- Place born
- Place died
- Associated countries
- Occupations
- Fields of activity
- Languages
General notes
- Description
- There were 4 poets named Keşfī who lived simultaneously: Keşfī from Ṣaruḫan (died in or before 926/1520); Keşfī Mehmed Çelebi (died 931/1524); Keşfī from Gedūz (died 945/1538-9); Keşfī from Edirne (died before 1566)
- Citations
- Hülya Çelik, Lobgedichte und andere Gedichte des osmanischen Dichters Keşfī (m. 1538-9): Versuch der Bestimmung eines unpopulären Stils (Göttingen: V&R Press, 2019), 20-22.
- Description
- Divan poet, died 931/1524-1525; born in Amasya, real name Mehmed; Mehmed Çelebi; son of Hızır Ağa, governor of Sekbanbaşı and Amasya; served as clerk to Yavuz Sultan Selim, accompanying him during campaigns in Iran and Egypt; became Anatolian treasurer after the death of Yavuz Selim in 925/1520; retired in 927/1520-21 and died in Istanbul; wrote 2 histories, one concise and one detailed, about Selim's Iran and Egypt campaigns; wrote his Turkish Selîm-nâme, which starts with events in 1511; started it in 1514, finished in 1521; it's also known as Bâğ-ı Firdevs-i Guzât, Ravza-i Ehl-i Cihâd or Târîh-i Sultân Selîm Han
- Citations
- "Keşfî, Mehmed Çelebi," Türk Edebiyati İsimler Sözüǧlü, Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi, accessed December 1, 2021, http://teis.yesevi.edu.tr/madde-detay/kesfi-mehmed-celebi.
- Description
- كشفى=Keşfî
- Citations
- 24851 (Cod. H.O. 31), Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, accessed December 1, 2021, https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/529931.
Preferred citation
"Keşfî, Mehmed Çelebi, -1524 or 1525." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified March 21, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/person/823657430317
Change notes
- Date added
- 2021-12-01
- Last edited
- 2022-03-21