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Çerkes Halil Efendi
Çerkes Halil Efendi (Halil Effendi, Efendi the Circassians, Circassian) or Hacı Halil Efendi (Halil Efendi the Hajji) was an 18th- and 19th-century Ottoman Empire, Ottoman government official and Ulama, scholar. He was Shaykh al-Islām, şeyhülislam for about 19 months. Early life Halil was the son of the Circassian Wet nurse, wetnurse of Mustafa III’s daughter Hibetullah Sultan. At his mother’s request, Halil was brought from Circassia as a child and grew up in the Ottoman Imperial Harem, imperial harem with Mustafa III’s son Selim III, Selim. Adult career During the reign of Abdulhamid I, from 1774 to 1789, Halil was transferred to the Treasury Ward of the palace and so was separated from Selim for about fifteen years. When Selim became List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, sultan in 1789, Halil was appointed steward (''Kethüda, kethüdâ'') of the treasury. Around this time, Selim apparently also gave him the Circassian woman Zîbâ Hanım (former Concubinage, con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics of Turkey, population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest cities in Europe and List of cities proper by population, in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus—one of the world's busiest waterways—in northwestern Turkey, between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its area of is coterminous with Istanbul Province. Istanbul's climate is Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean. The city now known as Istanbul developed to become one of the most significant cities in history. Byzantium was founded on the Sarayburnu promontory by Greek colonisation, Greek col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
