Oruç Bey Explained

Religion:	Islam
Era:	Ottoman Empire
Oruç Bey
Main Interests:	Ottoman history
Works:	"Oruç Bey Tarihi" ("The History of Oruç Bey")

Oruç Bey (Oruç bin Âdil) was a 15th-century Ottoman historian.^{[1] [2]}

Life and career

Almost nothing is known from his personal life. Based on the information in the intro of his chronicle, it is believed that he was a clerk born in Edirne and that his father was a silk manufacturer.

Works

Oruç Bey's work is called Oruç Bey Tarihi ("The History of Oruç Bey"), sometimes named similarly to other Ottoman chronicles "" (History of the house of Osman). It is written in Ottoman Turkish and describes the Ottoman history till Hijrah 907 (anno1501/1502). His chronicle is considered as an important source for the history of the early Ottoman Empire.

See also

• List of Muslim historians

Bibliography

• Franz Babinger, Berlin, "Die frühosmanischen Jahrbücher des Urudsch"

Notes and References

1. Rogers. Clifford J.. DeVries. Kelly. France. John. 2012. The Ottoman-Hungarian Campaigns of 1442. Journal of Medieval Military History. 10. 153. Boydell Press. 9781843837473.
2. Book: Özcan . Abdülkadır . ORUÇ b. ÂDİL - An article published in Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam . 2007 . . Istanbul . 33 . 425–426 . 27 December 2021 . tr.