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Esʿad Efendi, Ṣaḥḥāflar-s̲h̲eyk̲h̲i-zāde seyyid Meḥmed
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(1204/1789-1264/1848), Ottoman official historiographer (
waḳʿa-nüwīs ) and scholar, was left in straitened circumstances by his father’s accidental death (December 1804) while on his way to take up the duties of
ḳāḍī of Medina. After holding various clerical posts, in Ṣafar 1241/October 1825 he succeeded S̲h̲ānī-zāde ʿAtāʾullāh Efendi [
q.v.] as
waḳʿa-nüwīs, a post he held until his death. His work
Üss-i ẓafer attracted the favour of Maḥmūd II: he was
ḳāḍī of the army in 1828, then
ḳāḍī of Üsküdar, and was appointed editor of the official gazette
Taḳwīm al-waḳāʾiʿ (see art. djarīda …
