Oruç Bey (''Oruç bin Âdil'') was a 15th-century
Ottoman historian.
Life and career
Almost nothing is known from his personal life. Based on the information in the intro of his chronicle, it is believed that he was a
clerk
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born in
Edirne
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and that his father was a
silk
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manufacturer.
Works
Oruç Bey's work is called ''Oruç Bey Tarihi'' ("The History of Oruç Bey"), sometimes named similarly to other Ottoman chronicles "" (History of the house of
Osman). It is written in
Ottoman Turkish
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and describes the Ottoman history till
Hijrah
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907 (
anno1501/1502). His chronicle is considered as an important source for the history of the early Ottoman Empire.
See also
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List of Muslim historians
The following is a list of Muslim historians writing in the Islamic historiographical tradition, which developed from hadith literature in the time of the first caliphs.
Chronological list
Historians of the Formative Period
The First Century ...
References
Bibliography
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Franz Babinger
Franz Babinger (15 January 1891 – Durrës, 23 June 1967) was a well-known German orientalist and historian of the Ottoman Empire, best known for his biography of the great Ottoman emperor Mehmed II, known as "the Conqueror", originally published ...
, Berlin, "Die frühosmanischen Jahrbücher des Urudsch"
15th-century historians from the Ottoman Empire
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