Şükrullah

Şükrullah was a 15th-century Ottoman historian and diplomat.^[2][1] He was one of the earliest Ottoman historians.

Şükrullah
Title	Şükrullah
Personal life
Born	1388
Died	after 1464[1]
Era	Ottoman Empire
Main interest(s)	Ottoman history
Notable work(s)	Behcetü't-Tevârîh ("Joy of Histories")
Religious life
Religion	Islam

Biography

Şükrullah was born in 1388 and his father's name was Şehâbeddin Ahmed. He entered the Ottoman service in 1409.^[1] He served as judge (qadi) in Bursa. In 1449, Şükrullah was sent by Sultan Murad II to the Qara Qoyunlu Confederacy as an ambassador.^[3] It was here, during the reign of Jahan Shah, that he became interested in the history of the Oghuz Turks.^[3]

Works

His works include both historical and religious writings. He wrote a famous universal history in the 1460s Persian language named Behcetü't-Tevârîh or Bahjut al-tâwarikh (Joy of Histories) and presented it to Mahmud Pasha Angelovic.^[2] His work was used by later Ottoman historians.