Solakzade Mehmed Hemdeni
Ottoman Turkish historian and composer
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| Intro | Ottoman Turkish historian and composer | |
| A.K.A. | Solakzade Mehmed Hemdeni Çelebi | |
| A.K.A. | Solakzade Mehmed Hemdeni Çelebi | |
| Places | Turkey | |
| was | Historian Composer | |
| Work field | Music Social science | |
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| Birth | 1590 | |
| Death | 1658 (aged 68 years) |
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Solakzade Mehmed (1592–1658), using the pen name Hemdemi, was an Ottoman historian and music composer. He wrote a famous Ottoman history titled Tarih-i Solakzade (History of Solakzade). He seems to have been the son of a Solak, a janissary bowman of the sultan's personal guard, and was born in Constantinople.