Kınalızade Ali (Qınālızāde ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī) Efendi (916–79/1510–72), an Ottoman scholar and judge, was the author of Ahlak-ı Alai (Akhlāq-i ʿAlāʾī, “ʿAlāʾī Ethics”), a popular treatise on Ottoman political and social morality. Born to a high-ranking judge in Isparta, in central Anatolia, Kınalızade studied in Istanbul for a career in the Ottoman legal establishment. After receiving his icazet (icāzet, licence to teach) in 945/1538, he took several teaching positions in Istanbul, Edirne, Bursa, and Kütahya (948–66/1541–58), followed by the prestigious…