Solakzade Mehmed (1592–1658), using the pen name Hemdemi, was an
Ottoman historian and music composer. He wrote a famous Ottoman history titled ''Tarih-i Solakzade'' (''History of Solakzade''). He seems to have been the son of a Solak, a janissary bowman of the sultan's personal guard, and was born in
Constantinople
Constantinople (#Names of Constantinople, see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, Latin Empire, Latin, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire ...
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[''First Encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913-1936'', M. Th Houtsma, page 482]
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17th-century historians from the Ottoman Empire
Composers from the Ottoman Empire