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Zafername or Tarih-i Sultan Süleyman, written by Seyyid Lokman, illustrated by Nakkas Osman, Ottoman, 1579AD. Ms. T 413, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin.

Explosions at the fortress of Szigetvar, from the History of Sultan Süleyman by Sayyid Luqman

Explosions at the fortress of Szigetvar, from the Tarih-i Sultan Süleyman (Zafername). Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (Inv. MS. 413, fol 95a).

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From the Tarih-i Sultan Süleyman (Zafername). Chester Beatty Library, Dublin (Inv. MS. 413, fol 95a).

Explosions at the fortress of Szigetvar. The Ottomans ended the 1566 siege of Szigetvar (Hungary) by mining under one of the fortress towers, and blowing it up. As the army entered the fort, the magazine exploded.

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