ms. 14449 (SOAS Library, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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2 works by anonymous authors on the subjects of Belgrade and Crete

1.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Fethi Belgrad
Title: Fatḥ-i Balaghrād
Title: Fatḥ Balaghrād
Title: فتح بلغراد

History of the capture of Belgrade by the Ottomans.

Incipit: هذا فتح بلغراد...لالى متلالى حمد و سپاس بیشمار و قیاس و جواهر زواهر شکر و ستایش

Language(s): Turkish
2.
Author: Anonymous
Title: Zikr-i ahval-ı cezire-yi Akratiş
Title: Ẕikr-i aḥvāl-i jazīrah-ʼi Aqritīsh
Title: ذكر احوال جزيرۀ اقرطیش

A description of the Island of Crete captured by the Ottomans in 1669.

Incipit: ذكر احوال جزيره اقرطيش يعنى كريد كتب تواريخده بو جزيره در
Explicit: بك سكسان سنه سندن فتحى ميسر اولدى الحمد لله||
Language(s): Turkish text

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Form: codex
1-145 f. 146-150 f.

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JISC

Subjects

  • Belgrade (Serbia)--History--Siege, 1521
  • Crete (Greece)--History

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