Ali Ekber Hıtai (ʿAlī Akbar Khiṭāʾī, also Khaṭāʾī) is the author of the Khiṭāynāma (also Khaṭāynāma, lit. "Book on China"), which was completed in Istanbul on the last day, or in the last days, of Rebiülevvel (Rabīʿ I) 922/3 May 1516 (Khiṭāʾī, 1993, 174). His nisba indicates the region he describes in his book, not his origin. Nothing is known of Ali Ekber except for his authorship of this book, and any assumptions about him can only be drawn from the text. A dedication to Süleyman I (Süleymān I,