{{short description|16th-century Ottoman historian}} {{Infobox religious biography |religion = Islam |era = Ottoman Empire |image = |caption = |name = Neşri Hüseyn ibn Eyne Beg |title = '''Neshri''' |birth_date = |death_date = 1520? |Maddhab = |school_tradition = |ethnicity = |region = |main_interests = Ottoman history |notable_ideas = |works = "Cihan-Nümâ" (Cosmorama) |influences = |influenced = }}

'''Mevlânâ Mehmed Neşri''' (born c. 1450 – died circa 1520), also commonly referred to as '''Neshri''' ({{langx|ota|نشري}}), was an Ottoman historian, a prominent representative of early Ottoman historiography.{{sfn|Isom-Verhaaren|Schull|2016|page=66}}

Very little is known about Neşri, which suggests that he was not a major literary figure during his lifetime.{{sfn|Isom-Verhaaren|Schull|2016|page=66}} Contemporary sources refer to him with the modest title of ''muderris'' (teacher), which further suggested that he did not hold a high office.{{sfn|Isom-Verhaaren|Schull|2016|page=66}} He witnessed the death of Mehmed II in 1481 and the Janissary riots that followed it. He is known as the author of the universal history ''Cosmorama'' or ''Cihan-Nümâ''. Only the sixth and final parts of this work are preserved today. He probably completed it between 1487 and February 1493.{{sfn|Woodhead|1995|p=7}}

According to the historian Paul Wittek, Neşri based his work on the early Ottoman historian work of Aşıkpaşazade, a chronological list of the mid-15th century and an anonymous chronicle of the late 15th century, amalgamating the three primary historiographical traditions which were then popular. His text became a principal source for many later historians, both Ottoman and European.{{sfn|Woodhead|1995|pp=7–8}}

== References == {{sfn whitelist|CITEREFWoodhead1995}} {{Reflist}}

== Sources == * {{cite book|last1=Isom-Verhaaren|first1=Christine|last2=Schull|first2=Kent F.|title=Living in the Ottoman Realm: Empire and Identity, 13th to 20th Centuries|date=2016|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0253019486|page=66}} * ''Kitab-i Cihan-Nümâ'', sometimes referred to as ''Djihan-Nümâ'', partially edited and translated in ''Journal of the German Oriental Society''. 13. Volume 1859 * [https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/nesri NEŞRÎ - Osmanlı tarihçisi] {{in lang|tr}}<br>''Published in the 33rd Volume of TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi in 2007, pp.20—22, Istanbul.'' *{{cite book |last1=Woodhead |first1=Christine |title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam |date=1995 |publisher=E. J. Brill |location=Leiden, Netherlands |isbn=90-04-09834-8 |pages=7–8 |chapter=Neshri|volume=8: NED-SAM|editor-last1=Bosworth|editor-first1=C. E.}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nesri}} Category:15th-century historians from the Ottoman Empire Category:16th-century historians from the Ottoman Empire Category:1450s births Category:1520 deaths Category:Year of birth uncertain