Summary View

Country

Turkey

City

Istanbul

Institution

Süleymaniye Yasma Eseler Kütüphanesi

Collection

Aşir Efendi

Shelfmark

no. 319

Contents

Mir’āt al-Mulūk (Aḥmed b. Hüsāmeddīn el-Amāsī)

Author

Aḥmed b. Hüsāmeddīn el-Amāsī

Biographical notes

Aḥmed b. Hüsāmeddīn el-Amāsī احمد بن حسام الدين الاماسي is known to be active in the early of 15th. century [1400-1450 CE]. No other information on author is available, although he was probably part of the court circle of Mehmed‏ I,‏ Sultan of the Turks,‏ 1389-1421‏

Title

Mir’āt al-Mulūk

مرآت الملوك

Notes

This work has been misdated by some scholars to the seventeenth century, but the dedication to Mehmed‏ I,‏ Sultan of the Turks,‏ 1389-1421‏ السلطان محمد الأول means it must have been composed during his reign, 1413-1421 [1413-1421 CE]. The book contains ethical advice (ilm-i ahlak).

The text is known to have been composed by Aḥmed b. Hüsāmeddīn el-Amāsīاحمد بن حسام الدين الاماسي between 811 AH [1408-1409 CE]and 824 AH [1421-1422 CE]

The work is also known to have been dedicated to Mehmed‏ I,‏ Sultan of the Turks,‏ 1389-1421‏ السلطان محمد الأول

Main language of text

Turkish

Bibliography

Physical Description

Number of folios

83 ff.

Columns

1

History

Date of copy

15th. century