Turkish

This dissertation surveys all known illustrated manuscripts from their first appearance in the Ottoman realm to the end of Selim I's reign and compares them with non-illustrated Ottoman luxury manuscripts of the same period. This period, 1413-1520, also precedes the reign of Sül…

The first half of the sixteenth century marks a seminal period in the history of Ottoman poetry, as it witnessed the rapid growth of Turkish poetry written in the high Islamicate cultural tradition. Scholars have attributed this growth to the patronage activities of the court. C…

In general, Islamic studies have focused mainly on exploring Islamic doctrines, historical developments of Islamic ideologies, philosophies, mysticism, arts, Islamic laws, political states and the like (Kim 2001:1). This tendency in Islamic studies, however, lacks practical dime…