Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi

• Name — Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi • Birth Name — Ahmed • Born — 1609 • Birthplace — Istanbul, Ottoman Empire • Died — 1640 (aged 30–31) • Place of death — Ottoman Algeria • Occupation — Scientist • Known for — first sustained unpowered flight • Relatives — Lagâri Hasan Çelebi (brother) • Nocat Wdimage — yes Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi (1609 – 1640) was an Ottoman scientist, inventor, chemist, astronomer, physician, Andalusi musician, and poet from Istanbul, reported in the writings of traveler Evliya Çelebi to have achieved sustained unpowered flight.

The title "Hezârfen", given by Evliyâ Çelebi to Ahmed Çelebi, is from Persian هزار hezār meaning -a thousand- + فنّ fann meaning -science together making it together Ahmed having talents in "a thousand of sciences (polymath).

• Illustration — Flight path, as described by Evliya Çelebi The 17th century writings of Evliyâ Çelebi relate this story of Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, circa 1630–1632:

He also worked under the name Hezârfen. His recorded languages were Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Arabic. His recorded confession was Islam.

Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi is recorded with the occupation aircraft pilot. Classed in the genre Ottoman architecture. Recorded as physicist, aircraft pilot, chemist, astronomer and poet.

• One of 4 airports in Istanbul is named the "Hezarfen Airfield". • A 1996 feature-length film, "Istanbul Beneath My Wings" (İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında) concerns the lives of Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi, his brother and purported rocket aviator Lagari Hasan Çelebi (per the same single source, Çelebi, as the above story), and Ottoman society in the early 17th century, as witnessed and narrated by Evliya Çelebi. • The Turkish children’s TV show “Little Hezarfen” (Küçük Hezarfen) is about Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi's childhood, though the events that occur within the show are likely fictitious and/or exaggerated. A main theme within the show, however, is Hezarfen's desire to build wings that allow him to fly. • Also featured in Turkish series "Magnificent Century: Kosem" in episode 41.