Ibn Kemal

The scholar and historian Ibn -i Kemal (* 1468, † April 16, 1534 ), also known by the Persian patronymic Kemal - Pasha - zade (both in German "Son of Kemal Pasha " ), real name Şemseddin Ahmed Efendi wrote a multi-volume " history of the House Osman " ( Tevârîh -i al -i Osman ), only part of which is present as a translation.

The father Ibn -i Kemal was Süleyman Bey. According to tradition, this was muhafız ( garrison commander) of Amasya and sancak Beyi ( governor ) of Tokat. His mother was the sister of an army judge ( kazı'asker ) under Mehmed II. Ibn -i Kemal began as Sipahi, then turned to Islamic jurisprudence.

Ibn -i Kemal was Şeyhülislam ( Ottoman Turkish: شيخ الإسلام ) 1515-1533 His revered teacher was professor at the Muradiye to Bursa, Lutfullah Sinan Efendi called Mevlana Lutfi -i divans (Eng. " His Eminence Lutfi the Foolish ". because of his sharp critical joke ), who fell victim to a colleague intrigue. A legal opinion ( fatwa, Arabic فتوى ) of his enemy, the Mufti (Arabic المفتي, مفت ) Hatibzade Ibrahim, led in 1494 to the conviction and execution. Ibn -i Kemal this event ( out of respect, as Kreutel be), not in his chronicle noted. The idea for this work he was of Mevlana Abdurrahman Çelebi (1456-1516), called Mü'eyyedzade, a scholar and military judges ( kazı'asker ) of Anatolia ünter Bayezid II and Selim I. Ibn -i Kemal applies to literary historians as a major chronicler and expert of high literary, influenced by Persian writings writing style at the court of the sultan. For those used by him for his work earlier chronicles, such as eg of the Oruç, he has improved the simple style of his virtuoso templates.

Ibn -i Kemal is buried mezarlığı in Istanbul on the Martyrs' Cemetery Edirnekapı şehitlığı, in part Necatibey. Edirnekapı the gate of the road to Edirne / Adrian Opel in the great city walls of Constantinople Opel.