Ottoman literature

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thumb|Cover of Seyahatname by Evliya Çelebi, 1895 edition

Sefāret-nāme (سفارت نامه), literally the book of embassy, was a genre in the Turkish literature which was closely related to seyahatname (the book of travels), but was specific to the recounting of journeys and experiences of an Ottoman ambassador in a foreign, usually European, land and capital. Sefâretnâme were edited by their authors with a view to their presentation to the Sultan, and to his high administration, thus also bearing a semi-official character, their objective being to make them "feel" the foreign country in question, as much as informing on it. For this reason, and for the lit

A salname (also called nevsal) was an official annal of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century.

book by Ḥājjī Khalīfah

illuminated manuscript made in the Ottoman Empire in 1582

opera by Tigran Chukhajian (1868)

thumb|Suleiman marching with his army in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhichevan, summer 1554, during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532–1555. One of the scenes of the Süleymannâme.

Nasîhatnâme (, Naṣīḥat-nāme) were a type of guidance letter for Ottoman sultans, similar to mirrors for princes. They draw on a variety of historical and religious sources, and were influenced by the governance of previous empires such as the Seljuk Turks or the Mongols, as well as by early Muslim history and by contemporary events.

Ottoman Atlas Translation

The '''''Şeca'atname''' (, Şecāʿatnāme or Šajāʿat-nāme'', "Book of Valor" or "Book of Bravery") was an illustrated record of the exploits of the Ottoman statesman and general Özdemiroǧlu Osman Pasha during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590), written by his secretary Dal Mehmed Çelebi Asafi (d. 1597–98) and completed in September 1586.