Zubdat al-Tawarikh (TIEM 1973)

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The Zubdat al-Tawarikh ('Cream of Histories') is an Ottoman genealogy written in Turkish nashki script by calligrapher Sayyid Loqman Aşuri and illuminated throughout with miniatures by painters al-Sayyid Lutfi, Molla Kasım (Mulla Qasim) and Ustad Osman and their workshop, in 1583, for Sultan Murad III.[1] The manuscript is in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul (TIEM 1973).[2]

The MS. on display in 2017

References

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  1. ^ Minorsky 1958, pp. 21–5.
  2. ^ Kutluay 2023.

Sources

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  • Kutluay, Sevgi (2023). "Zubdat al-Tawarikh ('Cream of Histories')". Discover Islamic Art. Museum With No Frontiers.
  • Minorsky, V. (1958). A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts and Miniatures. The Chester Beatty Library. Hodges Figgis & Co. Ltd. pp. 21–5.

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