Hoca Sadeddin Efendi

Hoca Sadeddin Efendi or Hoca Sa'düddin Efendi (1536 — October 2, 1599) was a Turkish scholar, official, and historian, a teacher of Ottoman sultan Murad III (when Murad was prince). His name is transcribed differently: Sa'd ad-Din, Sa'd al-Din, Sa’adeddin, Sadeddin, etc.

When Murad became Sultan, Sadeddin became his advisor. Later he fell out of favor, but was appointed Sheikh ul-islam (seyhulislam, a superior authority in the issues of Islam).

Sadeddin is an author of "Tâc üt-Tevârîh" (Tadj ut-Tewarikh, “Crown of Histories”), a history of the Ottoman Empire in prose and verse.

Publications

*Hoca Sadeddin Efendi, "Tâcü't-tevârih". Sad. İsmet Parmaksızoğlu, vols. 1-5, Kültür Bakanlığı, Ankara, 1974-1979 reprint:1999. ("Sad". means "Sadelestiren", "simplification")
**Vol. 1: Osman Gazi, Orhan Gazi, Hüdevendigar Gazi ve Yıldırım Han Devirleri.
**Vol. 2: Yıldırım Han'dan Fatih Sultan Mehmed'e.
**Vol. 3: Fatih Sultan Mehmed ve İkinci Beyazid Dönemi.
**Vol. 4: Şehzadelerin Girişimleri - Selimname ve Yavuz Sultan Selim Dönemi.
**Vol. 5: Hatime. Orijinal karton kapaklarında.
*Saad ed-dini scriptoris turcici "Annales turcici usque ad Muradem I cum textu turcico impressi." Translated to Latin, edited and annotated by Adam F. Kollár. Vienna: 1755.
*Bulgarian translation: Калицин, Мария. Корона на историите на Ходжа Садеддин. Transl. of Vol. 1. from Osman Turkish; analysis and commentary. Велико Търново (Veliko Tarnovo), Publ. "Абагар" ("Abagar"), 2000, 437 с, ISBN 954-427-427-8