Futūhāt-i jamīla

The Futūhāt-i jamīla, also Futuhat-ı Cemile ("Admirable Conquests", TSMK H.1592) was an illustrated manuscript by Arifi about 1557–1558.[2] It relates the battles of the Ottoman-Habsburgs war in Transylvania in 1551.[1]

The manuscript has thirty-one folios and six illustrations, including one illustration that spreads on two pages.[2]

One of the main protagonists is Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, who praised for his bravery and accomplishments throughout the text.[2] He is depicted in various scenes, from the attack on the castles of Pecs and Lipva, to the scene of a council before his tent, or his reception of receiving Habsburg envoys asking for peace.[2] Sokollu appears in the illustration of the siege of Pecs Castle, leading his men on horseback, in front of the city undergoing a siege.[1]

  • Siege of Temesvár, 1552
  • Kara Ahmed Pasha at the Siege of Temesvár, 1552
  • Sokollu Mehmed Pasha after the victory at Temesvár, 1552

References

  1. ^ a b c Holliday 2024, p. 137-139.
  2. ^ a b c d Holliday 2024, p. 138.

Sources

  • Holliday, Peter J. (2024). Power, Image, and Memory: Historical Subjects in Art. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-090108-0.
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