Zubdat al-Tawarikh
Turkish illuminated manuscript
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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.[1]
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Manuscripts
Various manuscripts are known:
- Zubdat al-Tawarikh 1583, Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul (TIEM 1973).[2]
- 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)
