Idris Bitlisi

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Idris Bitlisi
The tombstone of Idris Bitlisi in Eyüp Sultan
Born	18 January 1457 Sulaqan, Ray, Iran
Died	15 November 1520 Constantinople (now Istanbul), Ottoman Empire
Occupation(s)	Historian, Scholar, Administrator
Academic work
Era	15th-16th century
Notable works	Hasht Bihisht, Selim Şahname

Idris Bitlisi (c. 18 January 1457^[1] – 15 November 1520), sometimes spelled Idris Bidlisi, Idris-i Bitlisi, or Idris-i Bidlisi ("Idris of Bitlis"), and fully Mevlana Hakimeddin İdris Mevlana Hüsameddin Ali-ül Bitlisi, was an Ottoman Kurdish religious scholar and administrator.

Even though many scholarly works mention Bitlis as Bitlisi's place of birth, a new research states that he was actually born in the district of Sulaqan in Ray in northern Iran.^[1]

He wrote a major Ottoman literary work in Persian, named Hasht Bihisht, which began in 1502 and covered the reign of the first eight Ottoman rulers.^[2]