The conquest of Selim I had brought to the Ottomans the tradition of the
Abbasid Caliphate, and their status had suddenly grown to that of a world
power. Under Suleyman the Magnificent, the expansion was even faster
and the Ottoman empire more or less became the world power.
The long term age was a fruitful period in terms of arts. Many artists
from Central Asia, Balkans, North Africa and Mesopotamia were gathered
in Istanbul, and so were their schools. Many paintings, scripts and
topographical prints were produced at that time. The illustrations
in this page are depicted from Suleymanname, Hunername, Sahansahname,
Surname and other individual scripts of heroic deeds of Sultans.
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Nice
Suleymanname.
Matrakci Nasuh
Istanbul, 1543.
Hazine. 1608, folio 27b-28a
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Toulon
Suleymanname.
Matrakci Nasuh
Istanbul, 1543.
Hazine. 1608, folio 21b-22a
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The king of Hungary, Lajos II, in council before the Battle of Mohacs
Suleymanname.
Ali . Amir Beg Shirwani
Istanbul, 1558.
Hazine. 1517, folio 200a
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Suleyman receives his Grand Admiral, Hayreddin Barbarossa
Suleymanname.
Ali . Amir Beg Shirwani
Istanbul, 1558.
Hazine. 1517, folio 360a
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Presentations of gifts to Suleyman the Magnificent on the occasion of the
circumcision of his sons Bayezid and Cihangir in 1530.
Suleymanname.
Ali . Amir Beg Shirwani
Istanbul, 1558.
Hazine. 1517, folio 412a
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Selim II receiving the Safavid ambassador in the palace at Edirne in 1567.
Nehzetu'l-Ahbar der Sefer-i Sigetvar
Nakkas Osman 1568.
Hazine. 1339, folio 247b
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Suleyman the Magnificent as a young man.
Semailname
Nakkas Osman 1579.
Hazine. 1563, folio 47b
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Murder of Ma'sum Beg, the envoy of the Safavid Shah Tahmasp, by Beduins in the Hijaz.
Sehname-i Selim Han
Nakkas Osman 1581.
A. 3595, folio 68a
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Sultan Murad II at Archery Practice
Huner-nama ('Book of Skills').
Istanbul, 1584.
Hazine 1523, folio 138a
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The Ottoman army besieging Vienna (1529).
Huner-nama, Vol II.
Nakkas Osman 1588.
Hazine 1524, folio 257b
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Osman Pasa and Cafer(Ja'far) Pasa, Ottoman governor of Shirvan, in battle against the Cossacks.
Sahansahname.
Nakkas Osman 1592.
folio 130b
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Siltan Murad viewing the arrival of a Safavid embassy; Occupation of
Erevan by the Ottoman army under Ferhad pasa.
Sahansahname.
Nakkas Osman 1597.
folio 180-2, 101b, 102a
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The Expedition to Revan
Shahin-Shah-nama ('Book of the King of Kings').
Istanbul, 1595-7.
B. 200, folio 101b
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The siege of Vienna
Huner-nama ('Book of Skills').
Istanbul, 1588.
Hazine 1524, folio 257b
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From the Procession of the Guilds: the Procession of Makers of Bath-towels
Sur-nama ('Book of Festivities').
Istanbul, 1582.
Hazine 1344, folios 338b-39a
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From the Procession of the Guilds: the Procession of Beggars
Sur-nama ('Book of Festivities').
Istanbul, 1582.
Hazine 1344, folios 290a
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From the Procession of the Guilds: the Street-sweepers
Sur-nama ('Book of Festivities').
Istanbul, 1582.
Hazine 1344, folios 341a
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