Qānūn-i Shāhanshāhī /
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Idrīs Bidlīsī (d. 926/1520) was the son of a munshī (secretary) in the chancery of the court of the Aq Qoyunlu ruler Uzun Ḥasan (d. 882/1478) first in Diyarbakır and then Tabriz. Idrīs must have enjoyed the usual education for an adolescent of his social background. He was fluent in Persian and Arabic, knowing Kurdish as well. He started his career in Tabriz under Yaʿqūb Beg (d. 896/1490), and served him and his descendants for seventeen years in various high administrative offices. When Tabriz was conquered by the Safavids in 907/1501, he fled to the court of the Ottoman emperor Bāyazīd II (d. 918/1512) in Istanbul, serving him and Selīm I (d. 926/1520) in different positions and capacities. Bidlīsī authored more than twenty works but is best known for his Hasht Bihisht , a history of the Ottoman empire written for Bāyazīd II. The present work is a mirror for princes type of composition with a strong religious colouring.
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1 online resource. :
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al-Imbirāṭūrīyah al-Bīzanṭīyah /
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"Silsilat kutub fī tārīkh al-ʻuṣūr al-wasṭá taḥat ishrāf al-ustādh al-duktūr Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Ziyādah-1"
"Hādhā al-kitāb tarjamah lil-mujallad raqam 118 min majmūʻat: The Home University Library of modern knowledge wa-huwa: Norman H. Baynes , the Byzantine Empire London 1946"-- Page facing title page. :
15, 419 pages, 3 unnumbered folded leaves of plates ; 20 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references.