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Atman Sultan Bayezid and where Grand Vizier Coca Mustafa Pasha, from the cream of history (date butter) by Seyid Luqman Assyri

Title	Atman Sultan Bayezid and where Grand Vizier Coca Mustafa Pasha, from the cream of history (date butter) by Seyid Luqman Assyri
Publication Date:	1585-1590
Type	Document
Language	Turkish
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	397 mm x 257 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	T 414.158
Library Location	Turkish collection
Date	1585-1590
Notes	Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II and grand vizier Koca Mustafa Pasha, folio from The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-tawarikh) by Sayyid Luqman-i 'Ashuri. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, Turkish text with painting, one of twelve folios detached from codex T 414, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1585-1590. Painting: Sultan Bayezid II (r.1481-1512) enthroned, with his minister Koca Mustafa Pasha (d.1512). Composed by Ottoman court historian Sayyid Luqman-i `Ashuri, this is an extensive survey of Islamic history, compiled from many earlier sources. According to the preface, Luqman commissioned the painter Sun'i to illustrate his text, and presented the finished work to Habeshi Mehmed Agha (d.1590), head of the Topkapi Palace eunuchs. The text begins by reviewing the cosmos, describing heaven, hell and the regions of the earth, before presenting a survey of Islam's prophets from Adam to the Prophet Muhammad, and then of subsequent dynasties of rulers up to the Ottomans themselves, concluding with Murad III (d.1595).
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Atman Sultan Bayezid and where Grand Vizier Coca Mustafa Pasha, from the cream of history (date butter) by Seyid Luqman Assyri

Publication Date 1585-1590

Type Document

Language Turkish

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 397 mm x 257 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID T 414.158

Library Location Turkish collection

Date 1585-1590

Notes Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II and grand vizier Koca Mustafa Pasha, folio from The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-tawarikh) by Sayyid Luqman-i 'Ashuri. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, Turkish text with painting, one of twelve folios detached from codex T 414, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1585-1590. Painting: Sultan Bayezid II (r.1481-1512) enthroned, with his minister Koca Mustafa Pasha (d.1512). Composed by Ottoman court historian Sayyid Luqman-i `Ashuri, this is an extensive survey of Islamic history, compiled from many earlier sources. According to the preface, Luqman commissioned the painter Sun'i to illustrate his text, and presented the finished work to Habeshi Mehmed Agha (d.1590), head of the Topkapi Palace eunuchs. The text begins by reviewing the cosmos, describing heaven, hell and the regions of the earth, before presenting a survey of Islam's prophets from Adam to the Prophet Muhammad, and then of subsequent dynasties of rulers up to the Ottomans themselves, concluding with Murad III (d.1595).

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Naskh script