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Luṭfullah Ḥalīmī was an Ottoman writer, poet and scientist who lived in the 15th century with a vast knowledge on Persian and Arabic languages as powerful as in lexicography. Halīmī, who also served as a judge in Sivas during the period of Fātiḥ Sulṭān Mahmad (1451-1481), was known for his works rather than his duty, especially for his works titled Baḥr al-gharâyib and Lughat-i Ḥalīmī, which is also the description of this book. It is aimed in this study to gather a concise biography of Ḥalīmī based on the sources, which did not have much formal information about his life by gathering relevant information from the works of Ḥalīmī and to introduce his work named Lughat-i Ḥalīmī. Although it is claimed that Ḥalīmī composed about thirty works, it is detected this number has not exceeded 12 up to today. The information of his works is obtained from the copies provided and the evaluations in this book are made accordingly this available works. In addition, studies on the works are compiled and extensive information is given about the Persian-Turkish dictionary, which is commonly known as the title of Lughat-i Ḥalīmī. Lughat-i Ḥalīmī is an alphabetically written dictionary in the 15th century that is quite comprehensive in terms of the number of items and rather rich in terms of meaning and concept. Lughat-i Ḥalīmī as a dictionary with the verse of Shevāhit couplet which shows a good deal of numerous couplets and mentioning the names of the authors’ and poets’ within the source of the works establishes an example for the subsequent dictionaries.