# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elia-capsali
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:33:19.587Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elia-capsali"
name: "Elia Capsali"
slug: "elia-capsali"
description: "Elijah ben Elkanah Capsali was a notable rabbi and historian. Capsali, an important historian of Muslim and Ottoman history, has a medieval historical approach, with early modern subject matter. Capsali's chronicle may be the first example of a diasporic Jew writing a history of their own location (Venice)."
tagline: "Muslim rabbi and historian"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1490"
deathDate: "1555"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.45
  momentum:             0.6875000000000001
  historical:           5.472822666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Capsali"
    title: "Elijah Capsali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "إلياس كابسالي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "الياس كابسالى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95_%D7%A7%D7%A4%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99"
    title: "אליהו קפשאלי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah_Capsali"
    title: "Elijah Capsali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliya_Capsali"
    title: "Iliya Capsali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1329371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump