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{{unreferenced|date=August 2015}} Mehmet Esad Efendi (c. 1789–1848) was an Ottoman historian. He was court historian to Sultan Mahmud II, who commissioned him to write up the events of the dissolution of the Janissary corps. His book Uss i-zafer ("The Foundation of the Victorious"), is the chief source of information on this incident. {{authority control|VIAF=61959197}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Esad Efendi, Mehmet}}{{Asia-historian-stub}} 2 : 1789 births|1848 deaths |