Talikizade Suphi Çelebi

Talikizade Suphi Çelebi, also Taliqizade Mehmed, was an Ottoman historian, scholar, and court official who lived in the late 16th century during the height of the Ottoman Empire. He was "the last official court historian to produce illustrated works".[3] He is best known as a chronicler (historian) documenting events of his time. He was active during the reign of Murad III (r. 1574–1595).[3]

Early works

  • Firа̄set-nа̄me (1574-1575), a study of physical characteristics and character
  • Tebrῑziyye (1585) ;
  • Gürdjistа̄n seferi (1585), an account of the Ottoman-Persia War

As official court historian (şehnameci)

References

  1. ^ Affect, Emotion, and Subjectivity in Early Modern Muslim Empires: New Studies in Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Art and Culture. BRILL. 6 November 2017. p. 90. ISBN 978-90-04-35284-1.
  2. ^ Lisans Tezi, Yyüksek. Eğri fetihnamesi bezeme unsurları ve minyatürleri (PDF). pp. 64–65. This miniature depicts Talikizade, Nakkaş Hasan, and Kâtib attempting to write the Shahnameh. Nakkaş Hasan draws a hunting figure on a piece of paper on a horse, suggesting that the portrait is his own.
  3. ^ a b Affect, Emotion, and Subjectivity in Early Modern Muslim Empires: New Studies in Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Art and Culture. BRILL. 6 November 2017. pp. 88–90. ISBN 978-90-04-35284-1.