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. The manuscript is in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul (TIEM 1973).
References
- Minorsky 1958, pp. 21–5.
- Kutluay 2023.
Sources
- 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.
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). "The Miniatures of the Zubdat Al- Tawarikh". Turkish Treasures (Culture / Art / Tourism Magazine). No. 1. pp. 26–35.
- Shareef, Fatima (2008). A Critical Edition of Zubdat Al-Tawrikh of Nurul Haq Mashriqe Dehlavi (PDF) (PhD thesis). Aligarh Muslim University.
External links
Media related to Zubdat al-Tawarikh from 1583 at Wikimedia Commons
