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Capture of the fortress of Bobofça (Babócsa, Hungary) in 1566, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Title	Capture of the fortress of Bobofça (Babócsa, Hungary) in 1566, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman
Author	Istanbul
Publication Date:	1579 (987H)
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	384 mm x 265 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	T 413.101
Library Location	Turkish collection
Date	1579 (987H)
Notes	Capture of the fortress of Bobofça (Babócsa, Hungary) in 1566, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman. Following the victory over Szigetvar in 1566, the Ottoman army captured the fortress of Bobofça before returning to the capital Istanbul. The sultan had died of natural causes just before the fall of Szigetvar, and his body was now escorted back to Istanbul. The Ottoman court historian (sahnameci) Sayyid Luqman composed this versified account of Süleyman the Magnificent's last seven years of life, describing events in the capital Istanbul, the sultan's military campaigns in the Balkans, Austria, Hungary, on Malta, and on Chios, and concluding with the sultan's death and funeral in 1566. Luqman was continuing the Ottoman dynastic chronicles established by his two immediate predecessors: Eflatun and before him the renowned court historian `Arif. `Arif composed the multi-volume Shahnama-yi Al-i Osman (Book of Kings of the House of Osman): Luqman’s work (CBL T 413) carefully follows this work’s form in language and general layout. `Arif also worked on two other important accounts of the Ottoman sultan: Mujmal al-Tumar (imperial scroll, 1584) and Hüner-nama (begun 1577), which were completed by his two court successors. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, Persian verses with full-page painting (on recto), from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman, account of the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent in the years 1559-1566, commissioned for Ottoman Sultan Murad III, Istanbul, Turkey, 1579.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)
Yazı Tipi	Nasta'liq script

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Capture of the fortress of Bobofça (Babócsa, Hungary) in 1566, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Author Istanbul

Publication Date 1579 (987H)

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 384 mm x 265 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID T 413.101

Library Location Turkish collection

Date 1579 (987H)

Notes Capture of the fortress of Bobofça (Babócsa, Hungary) in 1566, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman. Following the victory over Szigetvar in 1566, the Ottoman army captured the fortress of Bobofça before returning to the capital Istanbul. The sultan had died of natural causes just before the fall of Szigetvar, and his body was now escorted back to Istanbul. The Ottoman court historian (sahnameci) Sayyid Luqman composed this versified account of Süleyman the Magnificent's last seven years of life, describing events in the capital Istanbul, the sultan's military campaigns in the Balkans, Austria, Hungary, on Malta, and on Chios, and concluding with the sultan's death and funeral in 1566. Luqman was continuing the Ottoman dynastic chronicles established by his two immediate predecessors: Eflatun and before him the renowned court historian `Arif. `Arif composed the multi-volume Shahnama-yi Al-i Osman (Book of Kings of the House of Osman): Luqman’s work (CBL T 413) carefully follows this work’s form in language and general layout. `Arif also worked on two other important accounts of the Ottoman sultan: Mujmal al-Tumar (imperial scroll, 1584) and Hüner-nama (begun 1577), which were completed by his two court successors. Detached folio, ink, pigments and gold on paper, Persian verses with full-page painting (on recto), from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman, account of the reign of Süleyman the Magnificent in the years 1559-1566, commissioned for Ottoman Sultan Murad III, Istanbul, Turkey, 1579.

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

Nesne Adı Folio / Bi-Folio (Codex)

Yazı Tipi Nasta'liq script