Olia Chalabi's journey from Malatya to Mosul as a source for studying the social and economic conditions in the Ottoman Empire

Evliya Celebi is considered the most famous Ottoman traveler ever, and his extensive journey occupies an important place in the Ottoman historical literature. Evliya Celebi traveled for fifty years during which he visited many cities and states inside and outside the Ottoman Empire; From eastern Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Rumaili, to the Levant, Palestine, Iraq, Hijaz, Egypt, Sudan and Abyssinia; In addition to his trips to Austria, Holland, Sweden, Denmark and Spain, he recorded what he saw in a famous book he called "Olia Jalbi Seiyatnam Si", which is located in ten huge volumes. In fact, travel books occupies great importance in providing historical and geographical studies with important information about the areas that the travelers passed through. Hence, we find that the trip of Evliya Chalabi provided fertile material for students of history, especially talking about it; Through the scientific material he recorded in his travels about the cities he passed through, the nature of the societies in which he resided, the classes of the population, their customs and social traditions, such as occasions, holidays, fashion, dialects, and architectural elements of service architecture found in cities. As well as mentioning the economic activity of agriculture, industry, trade and the associated facilities that complement the economic process. Which gives this type of writing importance in providing historical texts and information that political history books overlooked.