About Mehmed Es'ad Efendi
Lived 1789 – 1848 (aged 58–59). Mehmed Es'ad Efendi was a Turkish historian, journalist, writer, book collector and translator.
Mehmet Esad Efendi (c. 1789–1848) was an Ottoman historian. He was court historian to Sultan Mahmud II, who commissioned him to write up the events of the dissolution of the Janissary corps. His book Uss i-zafer ("The Foundation of the Victorious"), is the chief source of information on this incident.
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Who was Mehmed Es'ad Efendi?
Ottoman historian (1789–1848)
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Mehmed Es'ad Efendi was born in 1789 in Istanbul.
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Mehmed Es'ad Efendi died in 1848 in Istanbul.
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Mehmed Es'ad Efendi was a historian, journalist, writer, book collector and translator.
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Mehmed Es'ad Efendi was Turkish.
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