Seydi Ali Reis

Seydi Ali Reis was an Ottoman geographer, writer, navigator, astronomer, mathematician and admiral (1498–1562). He was born at Galata and died at Istanbul.

Also recorded as Seydi Ali Reis.

Seydi Ali Reis in brief

Born
1498
Died
1562
Known for
geographer, writer, navigator, astronomer, mathematician and admiral
Place of birth
Galata
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Seydi Ali Reis. His recorded languages were Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Turkish. His recorded confession was Islam.

Catalogued works

2 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection.

Mir'atü'l-Memalik. The Dā'ire-yī Mu'addel of Seydī'Alī Re'īs / by William Brice, Colin Imber and Richard Lorch., dated 1976, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Seydi Ali Reis, Christian-Muslim Relations 1500 - 1900. Kamal, an instrument of celestial navigation in the Indian Ocean, as decribed by Ottoman mariners Piri Reis and Seydi Ali Reis, Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları / Studies in Ottoman Science, 2017. IMPERIAL POWER OF THE MUGHAL COURT IN CHRONICLES OF SEYDI ALI REIS AND MUTRIBI SAMARQANDI, Osmanli Mirasi Arastirmalari Dergisi, 2019. An Ottoman Anabasis: Reflections on Mir’at ul Memalik by Seydî Ali Reis, Bölge Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2022. 16. Yüzyıl Şairlerinden Karamanlı Sabûhî ve Bazı Gazelleri, Erdem, 2018.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (119547627). Those registers additionally record the forms Ali Reis, Seydi, Reʾīs, Sīdī, Seydi Reis, Ali, Katibi, Sidi Ali, Seydī ʿAlī Reis, Kâtibî and ʿAlī Ibn Ḥusayn Kātibī-i.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Die topographischen Capitel des indischen Seespiegels Moḥîṭ: Festschrift zur Erinnerung an die Eröffnung des Seeweges nach Ostindien durch Vasco da Gama (1497) (1897) — Internet Archive. مرات الممالک Mirātü’l-memālik (1642) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1498Seydi Ali Reis born at Galata.
  2. 1562Seydi Ali Reis died at Istanbul.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    IMPERIAL POWER OF THE MUGHAL COURT IN CHRONICLES OF SEYDI ALI REIS AND MUTRIBI SAMARQANDI, Osmanli Mirasi Arastirmalari Dergisi, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Kamal, an instrument of celestial navigation in the Indian Ocean, as decribed by Ottoman mariners Piri Reis and Seydi Ali Reis, Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları / Studies in Ottoman Science, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  3. 3.

    Seydi Ali Reis, Christian-Muslim Relations 1500 - 1900

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Seydi Ali Reis.

    open access index · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 119547627, Seydi Ali Reis.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  6. 6.

    Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Seydi Ali Reis as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Seydi Ali Reis.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2672296: Seydi Ali Reis

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 9.

    “Seydi Ali Reis”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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