 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (November 2010) |
Hoca Sadeddin Efendi | |
|---|---|
| Title | Shaykh al-Islām |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1536/1537 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Died | October 2, 1599 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Children | Mehmed Efendi, Esad Efendi, Mesud Efendi, Abdülaziz Efendi, Salih Efendi |
| Notable work(s) | Tâc üt-Tevârîh (Crown of Histories) |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, theologian, official, historian |
Hoca Sadeddin Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: خواجه سعد الدین افندی; 1536/1537 – October 2, 1599[1]) was an Ottoman Islamic scholar, theologian, official, and historian, a teacher of the future Ottoman sultan Murad III. His name may be transcribed variously, e.g. Sa'd ad-Din, Sa'd al-Din, Sa'düddin, or others. He was also called by the title of "Câmi'-ür Riyâseteyn".[1]
When Murad became Sultan, Sadeddin became his advisor. Later he fell out of favor, but was appointed Shaykh al-Islām, 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.
He had at least five sons: Mehmed Efendi (died 1615), Esad Efendi (died 1625), Mesud Efendi (died 1597), Abdülaziz Efendi (died 1618), and Salih Efendi.[2]
- ^ a b İsmail Hâmi Danişmend, Osmanlı Devlet Erkânı, Türkiye Yayınevi, İstanbul, 1971, p. 118. (in Turkish)
- ^ Çörekçi, Semra (2012). A tribute to the kingly virtues of Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603-1617): Hocazade Abdülaziz Efendi (d. 1618) and his Ahlak-ı Sultan Ahmedi. Istanbul Şehir University. p. 21 n. 76.