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Th cream of histris (date butter) by Syed Luqman Ashouri

Title	Th cream of histris (date butter) by Syed Luqman Ashouri
Publication Date:	1585-1590
Type	Document
Language	Turkish
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	405 mm x 277 mm x 53 mm (height x length x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	T 414
Library Location	Turkish collection
Date	1585-1590
Notes	The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-tawarikh) by Luqman-i 'Ashuri. Codex, leather binding, 242 paper folios, Turkish text with 31 paintings and two maps, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1585-1590. A further twelve folios are detached, and also in the collection. 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), Leather (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Th cream of histris (date butter) by Syed Luqman Ashouri

Publication Date 1585-1590

Type Document

Language Turkish

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 405 mm x 277 mm x 53 mm (height x length x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID T 414

Library Location Turkish collection

Date 1585-1590

Notes The Cream of Histories (Zubdat al-tawarikh) by Luqman-i 'Ashuri. Codex, leather binding, 242 paper folios, Turkish text with 31 paintings and two maps, Istanbul, Turkey, c. 1585-1590. A further twelve folios are detached, and also in the collection. 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), Leather (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Codex

Yazı Tipi Naskh script