title: [Hayrullah Efendi, a physician of the Reformation Period (Tanzimat): his life and works].
abstract: Hayrullah Efendi, one of the prominent officials of the Reformation Period (Tanzimat 1839) was born in Istanbul in 1817 and died in Tahran in the year 1866, when he was the ambassador of the Ottoman Empire there. He started his education as a student of theology (Islamic studies), later started to study medicine and was graduated from the Military Medical school, "Mekteb-i Tibbiye-i Adliye-i-Sahane", in 1844. Retiring from the military service, he served as a member of the Committee of Agriculture (Ziraat Meclisi), General Board of Education (Meclis-i Maarif-i Umumiye), Supreme Council of Justice (Meclis-i Vâlâ-yi Ahkâm-i Adliye), vice president of the Council for Education and Sciences called "Encümen-i Dâniş", Dean of the Medical School "Mekteb-i Tibbiye" and head of the Sixth Department of the Municipal Organization. In addition to his works on medicine, science, history and literature Hayrullah efendi is also the writer of the first play in Turkish. Hayrullah Efendi's life and activities were given in our previous essay. His works are covered in the present study and will be continued in the following article.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ozaydin
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D008511:Medicine; D014421:Turkey
vernacular_title: Tanzimat Devri Hekimi Hayrullah Efendi Hayati ve Eserleri (II).