Manuscript of "Zubdat al-Tawarikh" from 1583 (TIEM 1973). on display in 2017
Zubdat al-Tawarikh (1598)

The Zubdat al-Tawarikh ('Essence of History') 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.

Manuscripts

Various manuscripts are known:

  • Zubdat al-Tawarikh 1583, Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul (TIEM 1973).
  • Zubdat al-Tawarikh 1585-1590 (CBL T 414)
  • Zubdat al-Tawarikh 1598 (The Chester Beatty Library, CBL T 423)
  • Zubdat al-Tawarikh Early 17th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (M.85.237.38)

Sources

  • Kutluay, Sevgi (2023). . Discover Islamic Art. Museum With No Frontiers.
  • Minorsky, V. (1958). . The Chester Beatty Library. Hodges Figgis & Co. Ltd. pp. 21–5.

Further reading

  • Ölcer, Nazan; Grabar, Oleg (1993). In Pursuit of Excellence: Works of Art from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts. Istanbul: Ahmet Ertug. pp. 42, 52–6.
  • Renda, G'nsel (1978). . Turkish Treasures (Culture / Art / Tourism Magazine). No. 1. pp. 26–35.
  • Shareef, Fatima (2008). (PDF) (PhD thesis). Aligarh Muslim University.

External links

  • Media related to Zubdat al-Tawarikh at Wikimedia Commons