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Abstract Müneccimbaşı [Chief Astrologer] ʿOs̱mān Kāmil Efendi, also known as Ṭarsūsīzāde, received his early education in mosques before attending a madrasa. After graduating from the madrasa, he successfully passed the ruʾūs examination and served as a professor in many madrasas. He held the title of müneccimbaşı during the reign of ʿAbdülhamīd II. ʿOs̱mān Kāmil Efendi was assigned as a professor at the Madrasa of Maḥmūdiyya in Medina for almost six years between 1274-1280 AH and translated the Risāla fī uṣūl al-ḥadīth, attributed to al-Birgivī, during this time. The current article publishes this translation for the first time. At the same time, the article has also scanned and recorded the archives and registers in order to construct ʿOs̱mān Kāmil Efendi’s biography. This article additionally attempts to identify the works on the methodology of ḥadīth that were written in Turkish during the time of the Ottoman Empire. These works can be considered as a step toward a clearer understanding regarding the writing of uṣūls on ḥadīth works during the Ottoman era.

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