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Evliya Çelebi

Turkish traveler and writer (1611–1682)
Person human Q202308

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
March 25, 1611, 1611[11]
Date of death
1682
Place of birth
Istanbul
Place of death
Cairo, Istanbul[10]
Country of citizenship
Ottoman Empire[12]
Occupation
explorer, historian, writer, traveler, poet, travel writer[13]
Religion or worldview
Islam[15]
Notable work
Seyahatname of Evliya Çelebi[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Ottoman Turkish, Turkish, Arabic, Persian[18][19][20][21]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17]
Name in native language
اولیا چلبی[22]
Writing language
Ottoman Turkish[23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Evliya Çelebi en Evliya Celebi en Derviş Mehmed Zillî ar اولياجولبي ar أوليا الجلبي ar أوليا جلبي ar أولياجلبي ar أولياجولبي cs Mehned Çelebi Evliyâ cs Čelebi Evliya cs Evlija Čelebi cs Evliya Çelebi de Ewlija Tschelebi de Ahvlya Celebi de Derviş Mehmed Zillî de Evlija Celebija de Evlija Čelebija de Evliya Celebi el Εβλιγιά Τσελεμπί el Εβλιγιά Τσελεμπή
🔖 Identifiers · 81
ISNI
0000000122772595
VIAF cluster ID
20478862
Library of Congress authority ID
n50047303
GND ID
11890390X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Serafimovski - Evliya Çelebi.jpg ↗
Academy of Athens authority ID
29817
Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
1730
ArchINFORM person/group ID
42432
Archive Site Trinity College Cambridge ID
evliya-celebi-1611-1682-ottoman-explorer, celebi-evliya-c-1611-c-1682-ottoman-explorer
BBC Things ID
ca9daa38-b85b-4335-8274-a70fd9118fd5
BIBSYS ID
90412721
Babelio author ID
173831
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BiblioNet author ID
41603
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
121017610
BioLexSOE ID
794
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
evlija-tschelebi, tschelebi-evlija
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01325030
CONOR.BG ID
32317285
CONOR.SR ID
23059303
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10688275
Central Library of Volos authority ID
9019
Chtyvo author ID
Chelebi_Evliia
CiNii Research ID
1140000791677815168
Concise Literary Encyclopedia ID
8-8292
DDB person (GND) ID
11890390X
Databazeknih.cz author ID
77771
De Agostini ID
Evliya+Çelebi
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
11890390X
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
22375
Dimitri and Aliki Perrotis Central Library ID
26503
EGAXA ID
vtls003844673
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
124049
Encyclopaedia Beliana ID
evliya-celebi
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Evliya-Celebi
FAST ID
16158
Freebase ID
/m/02sx3
Georgian Encyclopedia ID
2962
Google Doodle
400th-birthday-of-evliya-celebi
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Evliya_Çelebi
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4939168
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/772751670139
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
18718
IdRef ID
02937801X
IxTheo authority ID
079680550
Levadia Library ID
5c8181aa294801ba0da5d814
Libris-URI
pm14801722d0hz7
Municipal Library of Trikala ID
97198
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02858642
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2003215024
NLP ID
a0000002166735
NSK (VIAF) ID
000070150
NSK ID
981005667645109366
NUKAT ID
n2003083091
National Library of Greece ID
101890
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007261078305171
National Library of Latvia ID
000191663
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:CKcM;=BU
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810680481005606
National Library of Portugal ID
1568784
National Library of Russia ID
770134884
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070802092
Online Books Page author ID
Evliya Çelebi, 1611?-1682
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3899319
Open Library ID
OL413780A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095803699
Parsifal cluster ID
80005
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
20247
RERO ID (legacy)
A011066092
RILM ID
47630
SELIBR ID
318427
SNAC ARK ID
w6z12vqc
Slovak National Library (VIAF) ID
vtls008321227
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
evliya-celebi
Treccani ID
evliya-celebi
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
ewliya-celebi
UOM ID
102209
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV12096593
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/52195
Vienna History Wiki ID
16993
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
evliya-celebi
Yale LUX ID
person/60baa9dc-fa59-49d1-b0f2-4f95f5d0c33f

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, poet, historian, explorer, traveler
Languages spoken, written or signed 4
Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Ottoman Turkish
Place of death 2
Istanbul, Cairo
Country of citizenship 1
Ottoman Empire
Instance of 1
human
Notable work 1
Seyahatname of Evliya Çelebi
Place of birth 1
Istanbul
Religion or worldview 1
Islam
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Seyahatname of Evliya Çelebi
Writing language 1
Ottoman Turkish
← FactGrid item ID 1
Dean
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Summary

Evliya Çelebi was born on March 25, 1611[1], in Istanbul[2]. He died in 1682[3] in Cairo[4]. He worked as an explorer[5], historian[6], writer[7], traveler[8], and poet[9].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Evliya Çelebi include Seyahatname of him[24], a travel book[25], founded in 1630[26].

FAQs

Where was Evliya Çelebi born?

Evliya Çelebi's place of birth was Istanbul[2].

Where did Evliya Çelebi die?

Evliya Çelebi passed away in Cairo[4].

What did Evliya Çelebi do for work?

Evliya Çelebi worked as an explorer[5], historian[6], writer[7], traveler[8], and poet[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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