Isḥāq Efendi, Başhoca - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Isḥāq Efendi, Başhoca - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin M.

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062306
Doc. NO	:	ALei2703
Main Entry	:	İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin M.
Title & Author	:	Isḥāq Efendi, Başhoca - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ İhsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin M.
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(476 words)
Abstract	:	Başhoca Isḥāq Efendi (d. 1251/1836) was Chief Instructor of the Mühendiskhāne-i Berrī-i Humāyūn (Imperial School of Engineering) and a pioneer of modern science in the Ottoman world. He was born into a Jewish family in the town of Narda (Arda) in Janina (Ioannina) in Greece. He and his brother Asʿad, who later became treasurer (defterdār) of the imperial army of Rumelia, both embraced Islam at a young age and came to Istanbul. Given his knowledge of Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian, and classical logic it is presumed that
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2703.pdf