Hadshi-Khalfa (originally MUSTAFA ben-Abdallah, also known by the name of Katib- Tshelebi), a most celebrated Turkish historian, geographer,. and biographer, was born at Constantinople about 1605. He was for some time secretary to the sultan, Murad IV, and died in 1658. His main production is a great biographical lexicon, Keshful-funun, written in Arabic, in which he gives the titles of more than 18,000 Arabic, Persian, and Turkish works, with short biographies of the authors. It is of the greatest value, since it enumerates a great many others which seem to have been lost. Hammer- Purgstall largely used this work for his Encyklopadische Uebersicht der Wissenschaften des Orients (Leipsic, 1806). A complete edition of Iadshi's text, with a Latin translation, was published by Flilgel, Lexicon Bibliographicum et Encyclopaedicum (Lond. 1835-58, 7 volumes): — Hadshi also published chronological tables, Takwum-al-tawarikh (translated into Latin by Reiske, Leipsic, 1766), and a geography, Dschihan-numa (Latin transl. by Norberg, Lund, 1818, 2 volumes). (B.P.)
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More