Zenbilli Ali Cemali Efendi (1445 – 1526) Ottoman mufti, Islamic scholar (alim), shaykh al-Islam, Sufi, and minister. Zenbilli Ali was the son of Ahmed...

Al-Suyuti (b. 849 AH) Ibn Kemal (b. 873 AH) Shihab al-Din al-Ramli Ebussuud Efendi (b. 896 AH) Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (b. 909 AH) Shams al-Din al-Ramli (b. 919...

Yekçeşm Hüseyin Efendi (d. 1704) was an Ottoman scholar who was briefly Shaykh al-Islām. Hüseyin's father was a man named Ahmed from the Hamid Sanjak....

Esiri Mehmet Efendi (1659–1662) 42. Sunizade Seyit Mehmet Emin Efendi (1662) 43. Minkarizade Yahya Efendi (1662–1674) 44. Çatalcalı Ali Efendi (1674–1686)...

becoming the second-longest holder in Ottoman history after Zembilli Ali Efendi. His wife was Fatma Zehra Hanim, and his son-in-law was the leading Turkish...

Hüsamzade Abdurrahman Efendi, also known as Kocahüsamzade Abdurrahman Efendi or Tulumcuzade Abdurrahman Efendi, was an Ottoman scholar and calligrapher...

Veliyyüddin Efendi, also known as Veli Efendi or Ekşiaşzâde or Imad-ı Rûm, was an Ottoman scholar and calligrapher of the 17th and 18th centuries and...

Seyyid Medeni Mehmed Nuri Efendi (24 November 1859 – 29 July 1927) was an Islamic scholar, qadi (judge), and the last Sheikh-ul-Islam of the Ottoman Empire...

related to Ali Pasha. Efendi accused Ali Pasha of grabbing power and influence in Ottoman Rumelia away from the Sublime Porte. In 1820, Ali Pasha, after...

Çerkes Halil Efendi, also known as Haci Halil Efendi ("Haci" being a title for people who have done the pilgrimage to Mecca) was an Ottoman Sheikh ul-Islam...

Seyit Mehmet Emin Efendi Minkarizade Yahya Efendi Çatalcalı Ali Efendi Ankaravi Mehmet Emin Efendi Debbağzade Mehmet Efendi Feyzullah Efendi Ebusaitzade Feyzullah...

under Ahmed Asim Efendi and received his certificate of proficiency (icazetname). He married the daughter of his master Asım Efendi. He passed the Rüus-ı...

Memikzade Mehmed Efendi (b. ? - d. 1066 AH/1656 CE), was an Ottoman Islamic scholar, educator, qadi (judge), kazasker, and Shaykh al-Islam for the shortest...

no longer extant in the 1970s. Hüsrev's students included Zenbilli Ali Cemâlî Efendi, Fenârî Hasan Çelebi, Molla Hasan Samsûnî, Yûsuf b. Cüneyd et-Tokadî...

influence in the Ottoman Empire. Possibly in the year 1444, a Hurufi, possibly Ali ul Ala, seems to have become influential with Sultan Mehmed II. When a vizier...

Hüseyin Efendi was allegedly plotting to overthrow the sultan, she sent word to Murad to return to the capital immediately. Ahizade Hüseyin Efendi was strangled...

sultanas (imperial princesses). Formal title: "Sultanzade (given name) Bey-Efendi", i.e. Sir Prince Sultan (given name) For a daughter: Sultana madam (hanımsultan...