हाजी खलीफा

Key facts

Born

Muṣṭafa ibn 'Abd Allāh , February 1609, Istanbul , Ottoman Empire

Died

26 September 1657 (1657-09-26) (aged 48), Istanbul, Ottoman Empire

Nationality

Ottoman

Era

Ottoman era

Main interest s

History of Civilisation, geography, cartography, science, medicine, Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) , Kalam (Islamic theology ), Philosophy (particularly Illuminationism ), Tafsir , Sufism

Notable work s

Kaşf az-Zunūn ‘an 'asāmī ‘l-Kutub wa-l’fanūn ( كشف الظنون عن أسامي الكتب والفنون )

Known for

Ottoman universal (bibliographic-biographic-historical-geographic-scientific) encyclopedias.

Other names

Haji Kalfa, Hacı Halife

Occupation

Bureaucrat, Historian, Muslim Scholar

Religion

Islam

Denomination

Sunni

Jurisprudence

Hanafi

Creed

Sunni Kalam - Ishraqi Philosophical Syncretism

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Wikidata facts

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