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Shahin-Shah-nama ('Book of the King of Kings'), 1595-7 showing Ottoman soldiers.

Sultan Murad III's military expeditions to Revan and Tebriz.


Ms. B.200, folio 102a, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul.

Other Illustrations from the Shahin-Shah-nama or Sehinsehname, by Seyyid Lokman, 1595-97:
Occupation of Erevan
Sultan Murad III, upon the walls of Istanbul, anticipates the arrival of the Safavids
Osman Pasa and Ja'far Pasa, Ottoman governor of Shirvan, in battle against the Cossacks
Episode from the circumcision ceremonies of the future Mehmed III, in 1582 - a firework display.
The departure of the prince's party from the Eski Saray, to the Hippodrome.


Ottoman Illustrations of Costume and Soldiers
Other Illustrations of Ottoman Janissaries (Janizary, Yeniceri)



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