Miniatures

VII- Ottomans : religious painting

The Ottoman studio not only dealt with the splendors of everyday life and glories of the blood and State, self-satisfiedly accepting their position as the pivot on which the destinies of Europe and Asia turned, but with Koran illuminations, prayer books, mystical works and poems, history, law, theology, education and mosques as well. The works of Nakkas Osman and other Siyer-i Nebi illustrations are presented here.


Image 		Birth of the Prophet Muhammad
 Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet.
Istanbul, 1594.
Hazine 1221, folio 223b

Image 		Muhammad on Mount Hira'
 Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet.
Istanbul, 1595.
Hazine 1222, folio 158b

Image 		Prophet Muhammad appearing at the Ka'ba to rid the populace of an unwanted dragon
 Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet.
Nakkas Osman, 1595.
Hazine 1222, folio 123a

Image 		The Prophet and his companions advancing on Mecca, attended by the angels Gabriel, Michael, Israfil and Azrail.
 Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet 1595.
Hazine 1223, folio 298a

Image 		Muhammad at the Ka'ba
 Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet.
Istanbul, 1595.
Hazine 1222, folio 151b
Image Mourning of the Death of Muhammad
 Siyer-i Nebi: The Life of the Prophet.
Istanbul, 1595.
Hazine 1222, folio 414a

Image 		Shaykh Baha'al-Din Veled preaching in Balkh
 Jami' al-Siyar, 1600.
Hazine 1230, folio 112a

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Ottomans : The classical age
Miniatures

VII- Ottomans : The classical age

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.

Image Nice
 Suleymanname.
Matrakci Nasuh Istanbul, 1543.
Hazine. 1608, folio 27b-28a
Image Toulon
 Suleymanname.
Matrakci Nasuh Istanbul, 1543.
Hazine. 1608, folio 21b-22a
Image The king of Hungary, Lajos II, in council before the Battle of Mohacs
 Suleymanname.
Ali . Amir Beg Shirwani
Istanbul, 1558.
Hazine. 1517, folio 200a
Image Suleyman receives his Grand Admiral, Hayreddin Barbarossa
 Suleymanname.
Ali . Amir Beg Shirwani
Istanbul, 1558.
Hazine. 1517, folio 360a
Image 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
Image 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
Image Suleyman the Magnificent as a young man.
 Semailname
Nakkas Osman 1579.
Hazine. 1563, folio 47b
Image 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
Image Sultan Murad II at Archery Practice
 Huner-nama ('Book of Skills').
Istanbul, 1584.
Hazine 1523, folio 138a
Image The Ottoman army besieging Vienna (1529).
 Huner-nama, Vol II.
Nakkas Osman 1588.
Hazine 1524, folio 257b
Image Osman Pasa and Cafer(Ja'far) Pasa, Ottoman governor of Shirvan, in battle against the Cossacks.
 Sahansahname.
Nakkas Osman 1592.
folio 130b
Image 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
Image The Expedition to Revan
 Shahin-Shah-nama ('Book of the King of Kings').
Istanbul, 1595-7.
B. 200, folio 101b
Image The siege of Vienna
 Huner-nama ('Book of Skills').
Istanbul, 1588.
Hazine 1524, folio 257b
Image 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
Image From the Procession of the Guilds: the Procession of Beggars
 Sur-nama ('Book of Festivities').
Istanbul, 1582.
Hazine 1344, folios 290a
Image From the Procession of the Guilds: the Street-sweepers
 Sur-nama ('Book of Festivities').
Istanbul, 1582.
Hazine 1344, folios 341a

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