Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi
Ottoman statesperson and victim of Catholic corsairs, renowned for writing about his captivity in Malta (1550–16..)
About Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi
Lived 1550 – 1700. Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi was a Turkish jurist, statesperson and writer.
Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi was an Ottoman qadi and poet who wrote a slave narrative about his captivity and enslavement in Hospitaller Malta between 1597 and 1600.
Macuncuzade was born in Constantinople in around the 1550s. He was appointed as qadi of Paphos in Ottoman Cyprus on 19 March 1597, and after being delayed for a month due to illness, he boarded a ship known as a karamürsel in order to make the journey to his new appointment from Galata on 22 April. He was accompanied on this journey by his slave.
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Who was Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi?
Ottoman statesperson and victim of Catholic corsairs, renowned for writing about his captivity in Malta (1550–16..)
When was Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi born?
Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi was born in 1550 in Istanbul.
When did Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi die?
Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi died in 1700 in Istanbul.
What was Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi's occupation?
Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi was a jurist, statesperson and writer.
What nationality was Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi?
Macuncuzade Mustafa Efendi was Turkish.
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