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.

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