Mustafa Selaniki
16th century Ottoman scholar and chronicler / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mustafa Selaniki (Turkish: Selanıkî Mustafa; Mustafa of Salonica; died c. 1600), also known as Selanıkî Mustafa Efendi, was an Ottoman scholar and chronicler, whose Tarih-i Selâniki described the Ottoman Empire of 1563–1599.[1] He was a secretary of the Imperial Divan but his Tarih was not servile and included criticisms of the sultans directly. The Tarih-i Selâniki is considered one of the most individualistic accounts of 16th century Ottoman life.[1] It also offered one of the most detailed accounts of the cold and famine in Anatolia in the 1590s related to the Little Ice Age.[2]
Little is known about Selaniki's life, including his family, background, or age, but parts of his education can be inferred; Selaniki stated that he was one of the six hafiz who recited from the Quran over the body of Suleiman the Magnificent.