Abraham "Abro" Chelebi (died 1676) was an Ottoman-Armenian merchant. Abro Chelebi served as the purveyor of the

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from 1644 onwards. Following the execution of his patron

Gazi Hüseyin Pasha Gazi Hüseyin Pasha ("Hüseyin Pasha the Warrior"; died 1659), also known as Deli Hüseyin Pasha ("the Mad") or Sarı Hüseyin Pasha ("the Blonde") or Baltaoğlu Hüseyin Pasha ("of the Baltadji, Axe"), was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman military o ...

in 1659, Abro Chelebi was also jailed but managed to survive and continued to serve the government, this time under Köprülü Ahmed Pasha. Abro Chelebi was a major supporter of the cultural life in

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, having funded the copying of manuscripts, and the renovation and construction of churches. He died in 1676. He had two surviving sons, Sarkis (born 1644) and Mateos (1654–1695), who continued the mercantile business of the family.

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* * {{cite book , last1=Barsoumian , first1=Hagop Levon , title=The Armenian Amira Class of Istanbul , date=1981 , publisher=Columbia University 1676 deaths 17th-century Armenian people Armenians from the Ottoman Empire People from Istanbul