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Piri Reis

Turkish admiral and cartographer
Person human Q217915

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
1470
Date of death
1554, 1553[10]
Place of birth
Gelibolu
Place of death
Cairo
Country of citizenship
Ottoman Empire[11]
Occupation
geographer, cartographer, military officer, admiral, writer
Field of work
cartography, geography[12][13]
Religion or worldview
Islam[16]
Notable work
Piri Reis map, Kitab-ı Bahriye[14][15]
Cause of death
decapitation[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Ottoman Turkish, Arabic[33][34]
Birth name
احمد مُحیی‌الدین پیری[35]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Described by source
Bilim ve Teknik[32]
Family name
Piri, Muhiddin[28][29]
Given name
Ahmed[30]
Has works in the collection
Topkapı Palace[38]
Honorific prefix
Hajji[21]
Interested in
cartography[37]
Manner of death
capital punishment[31]
Military branch
Ottoman Navy[18]
Military, police or special rank
admiral[19]
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Name in native language
پیری رئیس‎[36]
Participated in conflict
Battle of Zonchio, Battle of Modon, Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17, Siege of Rhodes, Capture of Aden, Capture of Muscat[22][23][24][25][26][27]
Writing language
Ottoman Turkish[39]
🏷️ Also known as
en Piri Reis en Muhiddin Piri en Hadji Muhammad ar بيري رئيس ar بيرة الرئيس ar أحمد محيي الدين بيري ar بيري الرئيس da Piri Reis kortet de Hadji Muhammad el Πήρη Ρείς el Πίρι Ρέις fa پیری رئیس fi Hadji Muhammad fi amiraali Piri fi Piri Reisin kartta he פירי רייס hi पिरी रीज़ hu Piri reisz it Piri Reis it Piri Reìs
🔖 Identifiers · 61
ISNI
0000000446442939
VIAF cluster ID
173366743
Library of Congress authority ID
n50082435
GND ID
119388405
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pîrî Reis büstü.JPG ↗
Anadolu Agency infographic ID
16463
Artsy artist ID
piri-reis
BAnQ authority ID
0000272098
BIBSYS ID
90406304
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
131661581
Biblissima authority ID
East Barito
BioLexSOE ID
1539
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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
re-is-piri
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00554554, cnp01360578
CONOR.BG ID
44671077
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10910485
DDB person (GND) ID
119388405
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119388405
Diamond Catalog ID for persons and organisations
3494
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
168209
Encyclopaedia of Islam (second edition) ID
SIM_6126
FAST ID
1841614
Freebase ID
/m/05t3r
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/793052640585
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
52318
IdRef ID
03512993X
Istrapedia ID
2188, 4465
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119388405
Libraries Australia ID
58569677
Libris-URI
hftx2v611mbln4s
Museo Galileo authority ID
187776
NLA Trove people ID
1818382
NLP ID
a0000003216236
NSK (VIAF) ID
000581687
NSK ID
981005696404009366
NUKAT ID
n96210814
National Library of Brazil ID
000323670
National Library of Greece ID
61879
National Library of Israel ID (old)
001709068
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007516947805171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810689009705606
National Library of Portugal ID
1149854
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1072021
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072678437
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3957591
OpenMLOL author ID
422027
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100412355
Parsifal cluster ID
200527
Personality Database profile ID
111647
RERO ID (legacy)
A000131067
Reddit topic ID
piri_reis
SELIBR ID
319651
Slovak National Library (VIAF) ID
vtls008352545
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
piri-reis
Topic's main category
Category:Piri Reis
Treccani ID
piri-re-is
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
piri-re-is
Union List of Artist Names ID
500475834
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV11067662
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/36174
Yale LUX ID
person/3dec212a-5438-4e10-baaf-a2d614cb262b

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🔗 Connections
Participated in conflict 6
Siege of Rhodes, Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516–17, Battle of Zonchio, Capture of Aden, Battle of Modon, Capture of Muscat
Occupation 5
writer, admiral, military officer, geographer, cartographer
Field of work 2
geography, cartography
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Arabic, Ottoman Turkish
Notable work 2
Piri Reis map, Kitab-ı Bahriye
Cause of death 1
decapitation
Country of citizenship 1
Ottoman Empire
Described by source 1
Bilim ve Teknik
Given name 1
Ahmed
Has works in the collection 1
Topkapı Palace
Honorific prefix 1
Hajji
Instance of 1
human
Interested in 1
cartography
Manner of death 1
capital punishment
Military branch 1
Ottoman Navy
Military, police or special rank 1
admiral
Place of birth 1
Gelibolu
Place of death 1
Cairo
Religion or worldview 1
Islam
Sex or gender 1
male
Topic's main category 1
Category:Piri Reis
Works by author 1
Kitab-ı Bahriye
Writing language 1
Ottoman Turkish
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Piri Reis
← Creator 1
Piri Reis map
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Summary

Piri Reis was born in 1470[1] in Gelibolu[2]. He died in 1554[3] in Cairo[4]. He worked as a geographer[5], cartographer[6], military officer[7], admiral[8], and writer[9].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Kitab-ı Bahriye[40], a written work[41].

FAQs

Where was Piri Reis born?

Piri Reis's place of birth was Gelibolu[2].

Where did Piri Reis die?

Piri Reis died in Cairo[4].

What did Piri Reis do for work?

Piri Reis worked as a geographer[5], cartographer[6], military officer[7], admiral[8], and writer[9].

Related Entities

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [9] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [3] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → East Barito
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority ID: Q14190, Import ID Biblissima V2 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/74d891b831c|details]])"
  2. 16w ago · Estevoaei · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID → 168209
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 168209, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/192269708|Mu Pirī Rais Reis] (#192269708)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6936|"
  3. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of death → +1554-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1553-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ Date of death: 1554"
  4. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp00554554, cnp01360578
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30846|batch #30846]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (4)"
  5. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Date of death → +1554-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1553-00-00T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30089|batch #30089]]: import data from GND - part 28 (cf. https://w.wiki/Me9X)"
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