Nevizade Ataî’nin Hadaikü’l-Hakaik’inden Takiyyüddin’in Biyografisi

Year 2009, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 130 - 133, 01.06.2009

Cahit Şenel

Abstract

Hadaikü’l–hakaik compiled by Nevizâde Ataî (1583-1635), an Ottoman kadi, is an appendix to the biographical work of Taşköprüzade’s (1495-1561) Eş-Şakayık un-numaniyye and collects the biographies of Ottoman sultans, vizirs, scholars and sheikhs who lived between 1558 and 1634. It also comprises the biography of the astronomer Taqi al-din (1521-1585), the founder of the observatory which operated in Istanbul between 1575 and 1580. This paper includes the transliteration of Taqi al-din’s biography that was published in the 1852 edition of Hadaikü’l–hakaik. A Turkish translation is appended to the transliterated text. Ataî, while giving biographical data on Taqi al-din provides relevant information about the location and the subsequent demolition of his observatory.

Keywords

Takiyüddin, Nevizâde Ataî, Hadaikü’l–hakaik, İstanbul Rasathanesi, astronomi tarihi, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu

Taqi al-din’s biography from Nevizade Atai’s Hadaikü’l–hakaik

Abstract

Hadaikü’l–hakaik compiled by Nevizâde Ataî (1583-1635), an Ottoman
kadi, is an appendix to the biographical work of Taşköprüzade’s (1495-1561)
Eş-Şakayık un-numaniyye and collects the biographies of Ottoman sultans,
vizirs, scholars and sheikhs who lived between 1558 and 1634. It also comprises
the biography of the astronomer Taqi al-din (1521-1585), the founder of the
observatory which operated in Istanbul between 1575 and 1580. This paper
includes the transliteration of Taqi al-din’s biography that was published in the
1852 edition of Hadaikü’l–hakaik. A Turkish translation is appended to the
transliterated text. Ataî, while giving biographical data on Taqi al-din provides
relevant information about the location and the subsequent demolition of his
observatory.

Keywords

Taqi al-din, Nevizâde Ataî, Hadaikü’l–hakaik, Istanbul observatory, history of astronomy, Ottoman Empire

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