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Ali Amiri
Tyntchtykbek Tchoroev in front of Amiri's tomb
Born	1857 Diyarbakır, Ottoman Empire
Died	1923 Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Occupation	Historian, Finance Official
Nationality	Ottoman
Genre	Ottoman history, Literature
Notable works	Ta'rih ve-Edebiyyat, Divan Luğat al-Turk (editor)

Ali Amiri (b. 1857 Diyarbakır - d. 1923 Istanbul) was an Ottoman historian. He worked as a finance official and used his assignments to different towns to transcribe Arabic and Turkish inscriptions that he found. He sought out local histories and old documents, both historical and poetic. Through his endeavours he built a library of rare and unpublished manuscripts. These manuscripts augmented the National Library of Istanbul.

Ali was a member of various historical societies and was the publisher of the Ta'rih ve-Edebiyyat as well as the editor of the Divan Luğat al-Turk of Mahmud Kashgari. Although he was known as an editor he did write historical and literary works. He was a key figure in the classification of the archives of the Sublime Porte in Istanbul, giving his name to one of the catalogues, Ali Emiri tasnifi.

References

1. Ali Amiri, R. Mantran, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. I, ed. H.A.R. Gibb, J.H. Kramers, E. Levi-Provençal and J. Schacht, (E.J. Brill, 1986), 391.
2. Ali Amiri, R. Mantran, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. I, 391.

v t e Ottoman historians
15th century	Oruç Bey Aşıkpaşazade Enveri Ibn Kemal Neshri Şükrullah Tursun Beg
16th century	Mustafa Âlî Lûtfi Pasha Matrakçı Nasuh Sadeddin Effendi Mustafa Selaniki Taşköprüzade
17th century	Ibrahim Petchevi Solakzade Mehmed Hemdemi Kâtip Çelebi Munejjim Bashi Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Agha Osman Aga of Temesvar Mustafa Naima Al-Hasan al-Burini
18th century	Ahmed Resmî Efendi
19th century	Ali Amiri Ahmed Cevdet Pasha

• 1857 births
• 1923 deaths
• People from Diyarbakır
• 19th-century historians from the Ottoman Empire
• Burials at Fatih Mosque Graveyard, Istanbul