(In
chronological
order.
Cambridge Medieval History - v4 - Eastern Roman Empire
37.
) Vol.
11.
London. 1866–7. [Contains extracts from Goës, Ibn Baţūtab, and others. ]
MAPS.
For maps see Howorth, op. cit. See above, III (a). Also Spruner-Menke. Hand-
Atlas. No. 87. See Gen. Bibl. 11. Also Poole, R. L. Historical Atlas. No. 80. See
Gen. Bibl. il.
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CHAPTER XXI.
THE OTTOMAN TURKS TO THE FALL
OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
I. SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
No complete special bibliography has yet been published. That of Auboyneau, G.
and Fevret, A. (Essai de bibliographie pour servir à l'histoire de l'Empire Ottoman;
livres turcs, livres imprimés à Constantinople, et livres étrangers à la Turquie, mais
pouvant servir à son histoire. Fasc. 1. Religion, moeurs, coutumes. Paris. 1911)
has remained unfinished. Jacob, G. Hilfsbuch für. . . d. Osmanisch-türkische. iv.
Bibliographischer Wegweiser. 2nd edn. Berlin. 1917 is scanty. Gibbons, H. A. in
The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire (see below, III B (i)) gives a bibliography
not without inaccuracies.
The Western Sources are mostly to be found in
Chevalier, C. U. J. Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge (see Gen.
Bibl. 1) and in Potthast, A. Bibliotheca historica medii aevi. (See Gen. Bibl. 1. )
The Oriental Sources are best described in
Hammer-Purgstall, J. von.
Geschichte des osmanischen Reiches. Vol. ix, pp.
177 ff. , x, pp. 699 ff. (see Gen. Bibl. v) and in the standard work of Oriental
bibliography by Mājji Khalifah (Kātib Chelebi). Kashf az-zunūn. Ed. in Arabic
and Latin by Flügel, G. Lexicon bibliographicum et encyclopaedicum a Mustapha
b. Abdallah Katib Jelebi dicto et nomine Haji Khalfa (ob. 1658) celebrato
compositum. 7 vols. London and Leipsic. 1835–58.
There are also the recent but inadequate works:
Jamal-ad-Din. Āyine-i zurefa. Ed. and continued by Aḥmad Jevdet. "Osmanli
tarikh muverrikhleri. Constantinople. A. H. 1314, and Brusali Muhammad
Tahir. Osmanli mu'ellifleri. Constantinople. A. H. 1333 ff.
Certain catalogues of collections of Oriental MSS are also indispensable for
bibliography, especially
Flügel, G. Die arab. , pers. , und türk. Handschriften der k. k. Hofbibliothek zu
Wien. 3 vols. Vienna. 1865–7.
Rieu, C. Catalogue of Turkish MSS in the British Museum. London. 1888.
See also
Browne, E. G. Catalogue of the Persian MSS in the Library of the University of
Cambridge. Cambridge. 1896.
Hand-list of the Muhammadan MSS, including all those in the Arabic charac-
ter, in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge. 1900.
Supplementary hand-list of the Muḥammadan MSS, etc. , in the Libraries of
the University and Colleges of Cambridge. Cambridge. 1922.
Hand-list of the Gibb Collection of Turkish and other books in the Library of
the University of Cambridge. Cambridge. 1906.
Dozy, R. P. A. and others. Catalogus Codicum Orientalium Bibliothecae Aca-
demiae Lugduno-Batavae. 6 vols. Leiden. 1851-77.
Pertsch, L. C. W. Verzeichniss der persischen Handschriften der königlichen Bib-
liothek zu Berlin. Berlin. 1888.
Verzeichniss der türkischen Handschriften der königlichen Bibliothek zu
Berlin. Berlin. 1889.
562
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884
The Ottoman Turks to the fall of Constantinople
Slane, G. de. Catalogue des MSS arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. In
MS. 2 vols. 1883–95.
Catalogue des Bibliothèques de Constantinople. In MS. Bibliothèque Nationale,
Paris. Fonds arabes. No. 4474. (Forty of these Libraries have catalogues
registering 57000 MSS. ]
There are bibliographies of the Arabic and Persian sources by Brockelmann, C.
in Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (see Gen. Bibl. v) and by Ethé, H. in
Grundriss der iranischen Philologie. Ed. Geiger, W. and Kuhn, E. Vol. II.
pp. 212–363. Strasbourg. 1895–1904.
For printed works only the following are useful:
Fitzclarence, G. and Sprenger, A. Kitab Fihrist al-Koutoub. 1840.
Orientalische Bibliographie. Ed. Müller, A. , Kuhn, E. , Scherman, L. Berlin.
1888 ff.
Zenker, J. T. Bibliotheca orientalis. 2 vols. Leipsic. 1848-61.
II. SOURCES.
A. ORIENTAL.
(a) Archives.
There exists an immense mass of documents, including many of great historical
importance, in the archives of the Ottoman Government. General rumour has pre-
vailed for years that such documents existed, but visitors, even with permits from the
Government, were not able to see more than a few hundred bound volumes, mostly
of well-known foreign authors and a disorderly heap of MSS. The great mass was
re-discovered some years ago in the Palace of Top-Qāpū of Constantinople.
Many thousands of registers exist in the Imperial Divan, including Imperial
Decrees and the decisions of the Great Council of the Empire presided over by the
Grand Vizier. This Council dates back to an early period of Ottoman History and
was continued until the reign of Mahomet the Conqueror. In the same place are
a great number of registers containing the secret Orders of the Court and of the
State.
(6) Historical Works.
(In chronological order. )
Aḥmadi (ob. 1408). Iskandar Nămah. Publ. in Ta'rikh-i 'oşmāni enjumeni mejmū-
'asi. Vol. 1. 1910. pp. 41 ff. Almost entirely publ. in "Anonymous Giese. ”
See below,
Nizām Shāmi. Zafar Nāmah. (Written in the lifetime of Tīmūr. ) Brit. Mus. Addit.
MSS. No. 23,980. [Unpublished; matter contained in the following. )
Sharaf-ad-Din (ob. 1454). Zafar Nāmah. Publ. in Bibliotheca Indica. Calcutta.
1887-8. French transl. Pétis de la Croix, F. Histoire de Timour-Bec. 4 vols.
Paris. 1722; and Delf. 1723. English transl. [Darby, J. ] 2 vols. London.
1723.
Ibn Arabshāh (ob. 1450). 'Ajāib al-maqdūr fi nawāib Tīmūr. Arabic text. Cairo.
A. H. 1285–1305. Ed. Golius, J. Ahmedis Arabsiadis vitae et rerum gestarum
Timuris historia. Leiden. 1676. Latin transl. Manger, S. H. Lieuwarden.
1767–72. Turkish transl. by Nazmi Zādah. Ta'rikh-i Tīmūr-i Gürkān. Con-
stantinople. 1729.
ľursun Beg. Ta'rīkh-i Abi'l-fatḥ. (Written in the lifetime of Mahomet II. ) Vienna
MSS. Flügel's Catalogue. No. 984.
Shukru'llāh. Bahjatu't-tavārikh. (General history written at Constantinople in
Persian. ) Brit. Mus. Oriental MSS. 1627. Vienna MSS. Flügel's Catalogue.
No. 828. Turkish transl. by Fārasi. MS in Constantinople University Library.
No. 881.
Ashiq Pasha Zādah. Tavārikh-i âl-i ‘oşmān. (Written shortly after 1481. ) The
best MS is at Dresden. Codices turcicae. No. 60. A bad edu. , with continua-
tion, ed. 'Ali Beg. Constantinople. A. H. 1332.
IT
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Hasan ibn Mahmud Beyātī. Jām Jam Āyin. Silsilah-Nåmah-i Salātīn-i al-i 'oşmān.
(Written in 1482. ) Ed. 'Ali Emiri. Constantinople. A. n. 1331.
Neshri. Jihān numā. (Written after 1512. ) Vienna Mss. Flügel's Catalogue. No.
986. Parts publ. , with German transl. , in Behrnauer, W. Aus türkischen
Urkunden. Vol. 1. Vienna. 1857. Also Nöldeke, T. in ZDMG. XIII (1859).
pp. 176 ff. ; xv (1861). pp. 333 ff. Parts also publ. Wittek, P. in Mitteilungen
zur osmanischen Geschichte. Vol. 1. Vienna. 1921-2. pp. 77 ff. Nearly
identical with the so-called Hanivaldanus in Leunclavius, J. " Historiae musul-
manae turcorum. Frankfort. 1691.
Tavārikh-i al-i 'oşmān. Anonymous chronicles written between 1490 and 1512. The
so-called “Anonymous Giese. " See below.
Bihishti. Ta'rikh. (Written between 1501 and 1512. ) Brit. Mus. Addit. MSS.
No. 7869. A later redaction, Brit. Mus. Addit. MSS. No. 24,955.
Idris Bitlisi (ob. 1520). Hasht Bihisht. In Persian. Brit. Mus. Addit. MSS.
Nos. 7646, 47. Vienna MSS. Flügel's Catalogue. No. 994. (Partly in Turkish
translation. )
Hadidi (ob. shortly after 1523). Shāh Nămah-i ál-i ‘oşmān. Berlin MSS. Pertsch's
Catalogue. No. 206.
Tavārikh-i âl-i 'oşmān. A continuation up to 1550 of the “Anonymous Giese. ”
(See above. ) Perhaps written by Muhyi-ad-Din (ob. 1550). Ed. Giese, F. Die
altosmanischen anonymen Chroniken. Vol. 1 (text). Breslau.
London. 1866–7. [Contains extracts from Goës, Ibn Baţūtab, and others. ]
MAPS.
For maps see Howorth, op. cit. See above, III (a). Also Spruner-Menke. Hand-
Atlas. No. 87. See Gen. Bibl. 11. Also Poole, R. L. Historical Atlas. No. 80. See
Gen. Bibl. il.
## p. 883 (#925) ############################################
883
CHAPTER XXI.
THE OTTOMAN TURKS TO THE FALL
OF CONSTANTINOPLE.
I. SPECIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
No complete special bibliography has yet been published. That of Auboyneau, G.
and Fevret, A. (Essai de bibliographie pour servir à l'histoire de l'Empire Ottoman;
livres turcs, livres imprimés à Constantinople, et livres étrangers à la Turquie, mais
pouvant servir à son histoire. Fasc. 1. Religion, moeurs, coutumes. Paris. 1911)
has remained unfinished. Jacob, G. Hilfsbuch für. . . d. Osmanisch-türkische. iv.
Bibliographischer Wegweiser. 2nd edn. Berlin. 1917 is scanty. Gibbons, H. A. in
The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire (see below, III B (i)) gives a bibliography
not without inaccuracies.
The Western Sources are mostly to be found in
Chevalier, C. U. J. Répertoire des sources historiques du moyen âge (see Gen.
Bibl. 1) and in Potthast, A. Bibliotheca historica medii aevi. (See Gen. Bibl. 1. )
The Oriental Sources are best described in
Hammer-Purgstall, J. von.
Geschichte des osmanischen Reiches. Vol. ix, pp.
177 ff. , x, pp. 699 ff. (see Gen. Bibl. v) and in the standard work of Oriental
bibliography by Mājji Khalifah (Kātib Chelebi). Kashf az-zunūn. Ed. in Arabic
and Latin by Flügel, G. Lexicon bibliographicum et encyclopaedicum a Mustapha
b. Abdallah Katib Jelebi dicto et nomine Haji Khalfa (ob. 1658) celebrato
compositum. 7 vols. London and Leipsic. 1835–58.
There are also the recent but inadequate works:
Jamal-ad-Din. Āyine-i zurefa. Ed. and continued by Aḥmad Jevdet. "Osmanli
tarikh muverrikhleri. Constantinople. A. H. 1314, and Brusali Muhammad
Tahir. Osmanli mu'ellifleri. Constantinople. A. H. 1333 ff.
Certain catalogues of collections of Oriental MSS are also indispensable for
bibliography, especially
Flügel, G. Die arab. , pers. , und türk. Handschriften der k. k. Hofbibliothek zu
Wien. 3 vols. Vienna. 1865–7.
Rieu, C. Catalogue of Turkish MSS in the British Museum. London. 1888.
See also
Browne, E. G. Catalogue of the Persian MSS in the Library of the University of
Cambridge. Cambridge. 1896.
Hand-list of the Muhammadan MSS, including all those in the Arabic charac-
ter, in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge. 1900.
Supplementary hand-list of the Muḥammadan MSS, etc. , in the Libraries of
the University and Colleges of Cambridge. Cambridge. 1922.
Hand-list of the Gibb Collection of Turkish and other books in the Library of
the University of Cambridge. Cambridge. 1906.
Dozy, R. P. A. and others. Catalogus Codicum Orientalium Bibliothecae Aca-
demiae Lugduno-Batavae. 6 vols. Leiden. 1851-77.
Pertsch, L. C. W. Verzeichniss der persischen Handschriften der königlichen Bib-
liothek zu Berlin. Berlin. 1888.
Verzeichniss der türkischen Handschriften der königlichen Bibliothek zu
Berlin. Berlin. 1889.
562
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884
The Ottoman Turks to the fall of Constantinople
Slane, G. de. Catalogue des MSS arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. In
MS. 2 vols. 1883–95.
Catalogue des Bibliothèques de Constantinople. In MS. Bibliothèque Nationale,
Paris. Fonds arabes. No. 4474. (Forty of these Libraries have catalogues
registering 57000 MSS. ]
There are bibliographies of the Arabic and Persian sources by Brockelmann, C.
in Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (see Gen. Bibl. v) and by Ethé, H. in
Grundriss der iranischen Philologie. Ed. Geiger, W. and Kuhn, E. Vol. II.
pp. 212–363. Strasbourg. 1895–1904.
For printed works only the following are useful:
Fitzclarence, G. and Sprenger, A. Kitab Fihrist al-Koutoub. 1840.
Orientalische Bibliographie. Ed. Müller, A. , Kuhn, E. , Scherman, L. Berlin.
1888 ff.
Zenker, J. T. Bibliotheca orientalis. 2 vols. Leipsic. 1848-61.
II. SOURCES.
A. ORIENTAL.
(a) Archives.
There exists an immense mass of documents, including many of great historical
importance, in the archives of the Ottoman Government. General rumour has pre-
vailed for years that such documents existed, but visitors, even with permits from the
Government, were not able to see more than a few hundred bound volumes, mostly
of well-known foreign authors and a disorderly heap of MSS. The great mass was
re-discovered some years ago in the Palace of Top-Qāpū of Constantinople.
Many thousands of registers exist in the Imperial Divan, including Imperial
Decrees and the decisions of the Great Council of the Empire presided over by the
Grand Vizier. This Council dates back to an early period of Ottoman History and
was continued until the reign of Mahomet the Conqueror. In the same place are
a great number of registers containing the secret Orders of the Court and of the
State.
(6) Historical Works.
(In chronological order. )
Aḥmadi (ob. 1408). Iskandar Nămah. Publ. in Ta'rikh-i 'oşmāni enjumeni mejmū-
'asi. Vol. 1. 1910. pp. 41 ff. Almost entirely publ. in "Anonymous Giese. ”
See below,
Nizām Shāmi. Zafar Nāmah. (Written in the lifetime of Tīmūr. ) Brit. Mus. Addit.
MSS. No. 23,980. [Unpublished; matter contained in the following. )
Sharaf-ad-Din (ob. 1454). Zafar Nāmah. Publ. in Bibliotheca Indica. Calcutta.
1887-8. French transl. Pétis de la Croix, F. Histoire de Timour-Bec. 4 vols.
Paris. 1722; and Delf. 1723. English transl. [Darby, J. ] 2 vols. London.
1723.
Ibn Arabshāh (ob. 1450). 'Ajāib al-maqdūr fi nawāib Tīmūr. Arabic text. Cairo.
A. H. 1285–1305. Ed. Golius, J. Ahmedis Arabsiadis vitae et rerum gestarum
Timuris historia. Leiden. 1676. Latin transl. Manger, S. H. Lieuwarden.
1767–72. Turkish transl. by Nazmi Zādah. Ta'rikh-i Tīmūr-i Gürkān. Con-
stantinople. 1729.
ľursun Beg. Ta'rīkh-i Abi'l-fatḥ. (Written in the lifetime of Mahomet II. ) Vienna
MSS. Flügel's Catalogue. No. 984.
Shukru'llāh. Bahjatu't-tavārikh. (General history written at Constantinople in
Persian. ) Brit. Mus. Oriental MSS. 1627. Vienna MSS. Flügel's Catalogue.
No. 828. Turkish transl. by Fārasi. MS in Constantinople University Library.
No. 881.
Ashiq Pasha Zādah. Tavārikh-i âl-i ‘oşmān. (Written shortly after 1481. ) The
best MS is at Dresden. Codices turcicae. No. 60. A bad edu. , with continua-
tion, ed. 'Ali Beg. Constantinople. A. H. 1332.
IT
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885
Hasan ibn Mahmud Beyātī. Jām Jam Āyin. Silsilah-Nåmah-i Salātīn-i al-i 'oşmān.
(Written in 1482. ) Ed. 'Ali Emiri. Constantinople. A. n. 1331.
Neshri. Jihān numā. (Written after 1512. ) Vienna Mss. Flügel's Catalogue. No.
986. Parts publ. , with German transl. , in Behrnauer, W. Aus türkischen
Urkunden. Vol. 1. Vienna. 1857. Also Nöldeke, T. in ZDMG. XIII (1859).
pp. 176 ff. ; xv (1861). pp. 333 ff. Parts also publ. Wittek, P. in Mitteilungen
zur osmanischen Geschichte. Vol. 1. Vienna. 1921-2. pp. 77 ff. Nearly
identical with the so-called Hanivaldanus in Leunclavius, J. " Historiae musul-
manae turcorum. Frankfort. 1691.
Tavārikh-i al-i 'oşmān. Anonymous chronicles written between 1490 and 1512. The
so-called “Anonymous Giese. " See below.
Bihishti. Ta'rikh. (Written between 1501 and 1512. ) Brit. Mus. Addit. MSS.
No. 7869. A later redaction, Brit. Mus. Addit. MSS. No. 24,955.
Idris Bitlisi (ob. 1520). Hasht Bihisht. In Persian. Brit. Mus. Addit. MSS.
Nos. 7646, 47. Vienna MSS. Flügel's Catalogue. No. 994. (Partly in Turkish
translation. )
Hadidi (ob. shortly after 1523). Shāh Nămah-i ál-i ‘oşmān. Berlin MSS. Pertsch's
Catalogue. No. 206.
Tavārikh-i âl-i 'oşmān. A continuation up to 1550 of the “Anonymous Giese. ”
(See above. ) Perhaps written by Muhyi-ad-Din (ob. 1550). Ed. Giese, F. Die
altosmanischen anonymen Chroniken. Vol. 1 (text). Breslau.
