Mustafa Naima

Mustafa Naima (Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى نعيما; Muṣṭafā Na'īmā; Aleppo, Ottoman Syria 1655 – 1716) was an Ottoman bureaucrat and historian who wrote the chronicle known as the Tārīḫ-i Na'īmā (Naima's History). He is often considered to be the first official historian of the Ottoman Empire, although this formal office was probably not created until the time of his successor, Rashid.