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Item Open Access Depicting the other : Qizilbash image in the 16th century Ottoman historiography(Bilkent University, 2013) Arslantaş, YasinThis study examines the early roots of the Ottoman perception of Qizilbash, both the Safavids, rising as a new power in Iran at the turn of the 16th century, and their Turcoman collaborators in Anatolia. The previous literature showing the image of the Qizilbash in the eyes of Ottoman dynasty employed mostly archival sources, such as fatwa collections and mühimme registers. In contrast, by focusing on the historiographical narrations of the years of 1509–1514, the present study looks at the literary works of 16th century chroniclers, particularly Selimnâme literature, and their role in building the Ottoman religio-political discourse on the Qizilbash with an attempt at showing their propagandist (or Selimist) nature. The present study argues that this discourse helped the dynasty to justify the act of war against them. After giving a brief background of the early Ottoman history with an emphasis on the shifting position of nomadic-tribal Turcomans, the study probes how a chosen sample of Ottoman histories from the 16th century depicted the Qizilbash image and iv how they identified the “self” through depiction of the “other.” This thesis argues that religio-political discourses created in the 16th century led the Ottoman state to espouse a more Sunni-minded imperial ideology, and to identify the social and religious status of the Qizilbash.Item Open Access Tarihçi Şükrullâh Çelebi (1380?-1460)(2008) İnalcık, HalilThe historian Şükrullâh Çelebi (1380?-1460), coming from the family of ulemas, belongs to the less known figures of Ottoman historiography. Our knowledge concerning his life is very limited: in the period of 1402-1413 he must have been in the service of the şehzâdes reigning in Bursa, then he became one of the musâhibs of Murad II, finally he died in Mehmed II's time as a person of great reverence. It was Sultan Mehmed II for whom he compiled his world history, the Behcetü't- Tevârîh in the Persian language, in 1456-1458. One of the sources of this work was obviously identical with that formerly utilised by Ahmedî, then by Neşrî. Şükrullâh's Chronicle yielded source material for several later chronicles. His translation into Turkish of the Risâle min Edvâr, a Persian work of musicology, testifies to the presence of the classifying tendencies of Sultan Murad II's reign, which tried to bring the Ottoman culture in harmony with the classical Iranian culture.