A history of the Osmanli Sultans
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- Country
- United Kingdom
- City
- London
- Institution
- British Library
- Repository
- St. Pancras
- Collection
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Shelfmark
- Add. 7869
Contents
- A history of the Osmanli Sultans (Behişti, Ahmet Sinan Çelebi, fl. 1485-1511)
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- Author
- Behişti, Ahmet Sinan Çelebi, fl. 1485-1511
- Show other names
- Behişti, Ahmet Sinan Çelebi, active 1485-1511 (authorised)
- Ahmed Sinan Çelebi (variant)
- Behişti, Ahmet Sinan Çelebi, fl. 1485-1511 (variant)
- Bihištî, Aḥmed Sinān Çelebī (variant)
- Čelebî, Sinân (variant)
- Sinân bin Süleymân (variant)
- Sinân Čelebî (variant)
- Title
- A history of the Osmanli Sultans
- Notes
- From the accession of Bayezid I, Sultan of the Turks, ca. 1360-1403 to the death of Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481
- The present work is one of the earliest Turkish histories. It is written in a more ornate style but is not so rich or precise in historical detail. It contains, however, some circumstantial and spirited accounts of battles, especially of that of TerjaÌn (Serbia), in which Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481 defeated in 878 AH [1473-1474 CE]Uzun Hasan, Ruler of the Akkoyunlu, ca. 1420-1478. Arabic sentences and verses in Persian and Turkish are freely introduced. The present volume was probably preceded by another comprising the origin and the early reigns of the dynasty.
- Main language of text
- Ottoman Turkish
- Bibliography
- Catalogue
- Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Turkish manuscripts in the British museum. London: British Museum, 1888, 44-45.
Physical Description
- Number of folios
- 210 ff
- Dimensions of folio
- width 15.2cm, height 25.4cm
- Columns
- 1
- Ruled lines
- 15
- Decoration
- Red-ruled margins
History
- Date of copy
- Apparently 16th century