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Hünername
The ''Hünername'' ('Book of Talents') is an illustrated manuscript prepared in the late 16th century at the Ottoman court and preserved since then in Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. It contains the history of the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire and particularly that of Suleiman the Magnificent. Bound in two volumes and illustrated with 89 double-page miniatures, it is one of the most famous Ottoman manuscripts.Fetvacı 2013, pp. 132–7. History The writing of this history to the glory of the Ottoman sultans was started by the official historiographers Fethullah Arifi Çelebi (d. 1561/62), and Shirvanli Eflatun (d. 1569/70).Ertuğ 1998. After an interruption of about ten years, corresponding to the period of the reign of Selim II, it was continued by their successor, Seyyid Lokman, who was put in charge of the official history by Murad III. He began writing it at the beginning of 1578, perhaps on the initiative of the Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, of whom he was a protégé. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topkapı Palace
The Topkapı Palace (; ), or the Seraglio, is a large museum and library in the east of the Fatih List of districts of Istanbul, district of Istanbul in Turkey. From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1856, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence of its sultans. Construction, ordered by the Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, began in 1459, six years after the Fall of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople. Topkapı was originally called the "New Palace" ( or ) to distinguish it from the Eski Saray, Old Palace ( or ) in Beyazıt Square. It was given the name , meaning Cannon Gate, in the 19th century. The complex expanded over the centuries, with major renovations after the 1509 Constantinople earthquake, 1509 earthquake and the 1665 fire. The palace complex consists of four main courtyards and many smaller buildings. Female members of the Sultan's family lived in the harem, and leading state officials, including th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyyid Lokman
Sayyid Loqman ibn Hoseyn al-Ashuri al-Hoseyni al-Ormavi, better simply known as Seyyid Lokman (active c. 1569 – 1596), was an Ottoman writer, who collaborated with different artists to create numerous notable works in the genre of , or “king’s books”. During the second half of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was at its artistic prime . Among its most precious objects were illustrated manuscripts that are called ''şehname''s, or “king’s books”. Most ''şehname''s consist of Ottoman dynastic history, glorious deeds of the sultans, and miniature paintings. ''Sehname''s can be viewed as symbols of Ottoman imperial culture in book form. In order to create a series of ''şehname''s, the Ottoman sultans employed ''şehnameci''s, or official court historians who composed the text. The most important requirement in ''şehnameci''s appointment was literary ability. In the process of producing the ''şehname''s, ''şehnameci''s chose their team of calligraphers, painte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakkaş Osman
Nakka Osman (sometimes called Osman the Miniaturist) was the chief Ottoman miniature, miniaturist for the Ottoman Empire during the later half of the sixteenth century. The dates of his birth and death are poorly known, but most of his works are dated to the last quarter of the sixteenth century. The oldest known illustrations of Nakkaş Osman's were made between 1560 and 1570 for a Turkish translation of the epic Persian poem ''Shahnameh, Shahnama'' by Ferdowsi. He is known to have been the chief illustrator of the various official histories written by Seyyid Lokman for Murad III that were produced in this era, including the ''Zafername'' (''Book of Victories''), the ''Şahname-ı Selim Han'' (''Book of Kings of Selim II, Selim Khan''). and the ''Şehinşahname'' (''Book of King of Kings''). In 1582 he worked on the astrological ''The Book of Felicity, Book of Felicity'', and around 1585 he was one of the illustrators of the ''Siyer-i Nebi'', an epic on the life of Muhammad writt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selim II
Selim II (; ; 28 May 1524 – 15 December 1574), also known as Selim the Blond () or Selim the Drunkard (), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1566 until his death in 1574. He was a son of Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hurrem Sultan. Selim had been an unlikely candidate for the throne until his brother Mehmed died of smallpox, his half-brother Mustafa was strangled to death by the order of his father and his brother Bayezid was killed on the order of his father after a rebellion against him and Selim. During his reign, his grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha exerted significant control over state governance. The conquest of Cyprus and Tunis were notable achievements during his reign but setbacks occurred in the Battle of Lepanto and the failed capture of Astrakhan as part of the war with Russia. Early years Selim was born on 28 May 1524 in Constantinople during the reign of his father, Suleiman the Magnificent. His mother was Hürrem Sultan, an Orthodox pries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries. The empire emerged from a Anatolian beyliks, ''beylik'', or principality, founded in northwestern Anatolia in by the Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. His successors Ottoman wars in Europe, conquered much of Anatolia and expanded into the Balkans by the mid-14th century, transforming their petty kingdom into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the Fall of Constantinople, conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed II. With its capital at History of Istanbul#Ottoman Empire, Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and control over a significant portion of the Mediterranean Basin, the Ottoman Empire was at the centre of interacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suleiman The Magnificent
Suleiman I (; , ; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the Western world and as Suleiman the Lawgiver () in his own realm, was the List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman sultan between 1520 and his death in 1566. Under his administration, the Ottoman Empire ruled over at least 25 million people. After succeeding his father Selim I on 30 September 1520, Suleiman began his reign by launching military campaigns against the Christendom, Christian powers of Central and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean; Siege of Belgrade (1521), Belgrade fell to him in 1521 and Siege of Rhodes (1522), Rhodes in 1522–1523, and at Battle of Mohács, Mohács in 1526, Suleiman broke the strength of the Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages, Kingdom of Hungary. Presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire's economic, military, and political strength, Suleiman rose to become a prominent monarch of 16th-century Europe, as he personally led Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fethullah Arifi Çelebi
Fathallah, Fathalla or the Turkish variant Fethullah is a transliteration of the Arabic given name, فتح الله (''Fatḥ Allāh''), built from the Arabic words ''fath'' and ''Allah''. It is one of many Arabic theophoric names, meaning "Allah's opening (God's opening)" or "God's conquest".Parati: ''Mediterranean Crossroads: Migration Literature in Italy'', 201. Given name Fathallah * Fathallah Oualalou (born 1942), Moroccan politician * Fathallah Saqqal (1898-1970), Syrian attorney, writer and government minister * Fathallah Sijilmassi (born 1966), Moroccan politician and economist * Fathallah al-Zani, Libyan politician Fethullah * Fethullah Gülen (1941-2024), Turkish preacher, former imam, writer and political figure. Founder of the Gülen movement (also known as Hizmet) Surname *Hesham Fathallah (born 1990), Egyptian footballer *Mahmoud Fathalla (born 1982), Egyptian footballer Places * Fathallah barracks The Fathallah barracks were the early headquarters of the Hezbol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Süleymanname
The ''Süleymannâme'' (or ''Sulaiman-nama''; lit. "Book of Suleiman") is an illustration of Suleiman the Magnificent's life and achievements. In 65 scenes the miniature paintings are decorated with gold, depicting battles, receptions, hunts and sieges. Written by Fethullah Arifi Çelebi in Persian language, Persian verse, and illustrated by five unnamed artists, the ''Süleymannâme'' was the fifth volume of the first illustrated history of the Ottoman dynasty. It was written in the manner of the Iranian ''Shahnameh'' epic. The original version of the ''Süleymannâme'' lies in the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul and there is another manuscript in Astan Quds Razavi, the manuscript numbered as manuscript 4249 in Astan Quds Razavi library. The ''Süleymannâme'' is the fifth volume of the ''Shahnama-yi Al-i Osman'' (The Shahnama of the House of Osman) written by Arif Celebi. It is an account of Suleiman's first 35 years of his reign as ruler from 1520 to 1555. The portrayal of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
