Description: (Polymath)
Kâtip Çelebi, also known as Ḥājjī Khalīfa, was a distinguished Turkish polymath and author in the 17th-century Ottoman Empire. He gained prominence for creating the comprehensive universal bibliographic encyclopaedia Kaşf az-Zunūn and producing various treatises and essays. Proficient in Arabic, Turkish, and Persian, he played a key role in translating works from French and Latin. Regarded as a talented historian and encyclopaedist, his writings received high praise from notable scholars such as Franz Babinger and Gustav Flügel, establishing him as a significant figure in Ottoman intellectual history.