ʿABD-AL-ʿAZĪZ QARA ČELEBIZĀDA (1591-1658), an Ottoman historian and the translator of some Persian works, born in Istanbul in 1000/1591. He was the son of Ḥosām-al-dīn Ḥosayn, a judge (kadi) of Rumeli. After finishing his studies he served as modarres in various madrasas, and at one point became kadi of Istanbul. Afterwards he was banished to Cyprus; but after returning from exile, he became the military judge (kadıasker) of Rumeli. He was šayḵ-al-eslām in 1061/1651 and died on 6 Rabīʿ II 1068/11 January 1658.

Qara Čelebizāda was much better known as a historian; his Rawżāt al-abrār deals with Ottoman history, and a work entitled Tārīḵ-e fatḥ-e Ravān ve Baḡdād about the campaign of Morād IV in Ravān and Baghdad closely concerns the history of Iran. He also translated into Turkish works connected with his occupation: Sīar-e nabawīya of Saʿīd-al-dīn Moḥammad b. Masʿūd Kāzerūnī (with the title Fawāʾeḥ al-nabawīya fī sīar al-moṣṭafawīya) and Kāšefī’s Aḵlāq-e Moḥsenī (using the same title).