Celâlzâde Mustafa Çelebi (c. 1490–1567) was an Ottoman historian and senior bureaucrat. His exact date of birth is unknown, but can be estimated based on information in his writings to be approximately 1490. He was born in

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. He was appointed as

Reis ül-Küttab The ''Reis ül-Küttab'' (), or ''Reis Efendi'' (), was a senior post in the administration of the Ottoman Empire. Translated as "chief of the katib, scribes" or "head clerk", the holder of the post was originally the head of the chancery of the I ...

in 1524 or 1525; he then served as

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from 1534 until 1557, and again from 1566 until his death. He died in

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