# Mustafa Selaniki

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16th century Ottoman scholar and chronicler

Mustafa Selaniki Personal life Born Mustafa of Salonica Salonica, Ottoman Empire Died c. 1600 Main interest(s) History, Ottoman Empire Notable work Tarih-i Selâniki Religious life Religion Islam Denomination Sunni Muslim leader Influenced * Ottoman historians

**Mustafa Selaniki** ([Turkish](/source/Turkish_language): *Selanıkî Mustafa*; Mustafa of [Salonica](/source/Salonica); died c. 1600), also known as **Selanıkî Mustafa Efendi**, was an Ottoman scholar and [chronicler](/source/Chronicler), whose *Tarih-i Selâniki* described the [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire) of 1563–1599.[1] He was a secretary of the Imperial [Divan](/source/Divan) but his *Tarih* was not servile and included criticisms of the sultans directly. The *Tarih-i Selâniki* is considered one of the most individualistic accounts of 16th century Ottoman life.[1] It also offered one of the most detailed accounts of the cold and famine in Anatolia in the 1590s related to the [Little Ice Age](/source/Little_Ice_Age).[2]

Little is known about Selaniki's life, including his family, background, or age, but parts of his education can be inferred; Selaniki stated that he was one of the six [hafiz](/source/Hafiz_(Quran)) who recited from the Quran over the body of [Suleiman the Magnificent](/source/Suleiman_the_Magnificent).

## *Tarih-i Selâniki*

The *Tarih-i Selâniki* was not widely incorporated into Ottoman historiography and was only partially published in 1864; the publication itself contained many edits, modifications, and interpolations. The historian [Solakzade Mehmed Hemdemi](/source/Solakzade_Mehmed_Hemdemi) is thought to have had access to it, but did not credit the work to Selaniki specifically.[1]

The chronicle begins with a description of torrential rain falling in September 1563 and concludes with the escape of [Kasim Voyvoda](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kasim_Voyvoda&action=edit&redlink=1) from his captors in May 1600. It spans the reign of four sultans: the final years of Suleiman the Magnificent, the entirety of [Selim II](/source/Selim_II) and [Murad III](/source/Murad_III), and the first five years of [Mehmed III's](/source/Mehmed_III) reign.

## Works

- İpşirli, Mehmed (ed.). [*Tarih-i Selâniki*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ragpAAAAYAAJ). Istanbul: Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9789751608932](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789751608932). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [949392862](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/949392862).

## See also

- [Salonica](/source/Salonica)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_1-2) Ipsirli, Mehmet (1976). ["Mustafa Selaniki's history of the Ottomans"](https://era.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/7329). {{[cite journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_journal)}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Burman, Thomas E.; Catlos, Brian A.; Meyerson, Mark D. (2022-08-23). [*Texts from the Middle: Documents from the Mediterranean World, 650–1650*](https://books.google.com/books?id=TYx0EAAAQBAJ). Univ of California Press. p. 232. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-520-96901-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-520-96901-8).

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