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Evliya Celebi, Ottoman traveller

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ScholarOttoman traveller

Evliya Celebiاولیا چلبی

Approximate dateIstanbul

An Ottoman traveller whose ten-volume Book of Travels covers forty years on the road.

He wrote that in a dream of the Prophet ﷺ he meant to ask for intercession (shafa'ah) but asked for travel (siyahah) by mistake, and was granted both. He journeyed through the Balkans, Anatolia, the Caucasus, Persia, Egypt and Sudan, and his Seyahatname mixes careful description, humour and tall tales.

What grew out of it?

His book is a treasure-house on Ottoman cities and peoples.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Istanbul (Constantinople)Ottoman Empire

Who lived at the same time?

IbrahimShah JahanMurad IVMehmed IVIskandar MudaMustafa IOsman IIJahangir

Source: history · Wikipedia

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