Şükrullah was a 15th-century Ottoman historian and diplomat.[2][1] He was one of the earliest Ottoman historians.
Şükrullah | |
|---|---|
| Title | Şükrullah |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1388 |
| Died | after 1464[1] |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Ottoman Empire |
| Main interest(s) | Ottoman history |
| Notable work(s) | Behcetü't-Tevârîh ("Joy of Histories") |
Biography
editŞükrullah was born in 1388 and his father's name was Şehâbeddin Ahmed. He entered the Ottoman service in 1409.[1] He served as judge in Bursa. In 1449, Şükrullah was sent by Murad II to the Qoyunlu Confederacy as an ambassador.[3] It was here, during the reign of Jahan Shah, that he encountered a history of the Oghuz Turks.[3]
Works
editHis works include both historical and religious writings. He wrote a famous universal history in the 1460s Persian language named Behcetü't-Tevârîh or Bahjut al-tâwarikh (Joy of Histories) and presented it to Mahmud Pasha Angelovic.[2] His work was used by later Ottoman historians.
References
edit- ^ a b c Nur, Sara (2010). ŞÜKRULLAH - An article published in Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 39. Istanbul: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi. pp. 257–258. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b The Oxford History of Historical Writing Volume 3: 1400–1800, José Rabasa,D. Daniel R. Woolf, p. 196, 2011 by Oxford University Press
- ^ a b Muslu 2016, p. 62-63.
Sources
edit- Muslu, Cihan Yüksel (2016). The Ottomans and the Mamluks: Imperial Diplomacy and Warfare in the Islamic World. I.B. Tauris.
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