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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Poland
- Active from
- 1610
- Active to
- 1675
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Wojciech Bobowski or Ali Ufki (also Albertus Bobovius, Ali Bey, Santurî Ali Ufki; 1610[1]–1675) was a Polish musician and dragoman in the Ottoman Empire. He translated the Bible into Ottoman Turkish, composed an Ottoman Psalter, based on the Genevan metrical psalter, and wrote a grammar of the Ottoman Turkish language. His musical works are considered among the most important in 17th-century Ottoman music. Bobowski was born as a Pole in Bobowa near Gorlice He was raised in a Protestant family[1
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wojciech
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Place of birth
- Lviv
- Place of death
- Istanbul
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Religion
- Islam
- Movement
- Baroque painting
- Image
- Wojciech Bobowski.PNG
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- Commons Creator page
- Wojciech Bobowski
- date of birth
- 1610-01-01
- date of death
- 1675-01-01
- Commons category
- Ali Ufki
- P8081
- space station
- described by source
- Polish Biographical Dictionary
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Wojciech Bobowski, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
