Şehnāme-i Nādirī

The Şehnāme-i Nādirī ("Nadiri's book of kings", Topkapi Palace Museum, TSMK H.1124) is an Ottoman illustrated manuscript and an anthology completed circa 1620 which relates the conquest of Hotin by Osman II.[2] The text was composed by Mehmed bin Abdülgani bin Emirsah, who wrote under the pen name Nādirī, an Ottoman author and scholar (d. 1626) often referred to as Gani-zade Nādirī. The miniatures were executed by was Ahmed Naksi, who also illustrated the Diwan-i Nadiri (TSMK, H. 819). The figures in the miniatures are highly individualized, and they use perspective in order to give more depth.[2]

References

  1. ^ Yıldız, Özlem (1 January 2017). The Sultan and his commanders: representations of ideal leadership in the Şehname-i Nadiri. Sabancı University. p. 113.
  2. ^ a b Atil 1973, p. 19.

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