Şeca'atname
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The Şeca'atname was an illustrated record of the exploits of the Ottoman statesman and general Özdemiroǧlu Osman Pasha during the Ottoman–Safavid War, written by his secretary Dal Mehmed Çelebi Asafi
Osman Pasha at the Siege of Caffa during the Crimean campaign (1584). Şeca'atname
The author, Dal Mehmed Çelebi Asafi, imprisoned circa 1584–85 at the Safavid court of Mohammad Khodabanda
Depiction of the affair between the Crimean Tatar commander Adil Giray and the Safavid queen Khayr al-Nisa Begum
The affair between the Crimean Tatar commander Adil Giray and the Safavid queen Khayr al-Nisa Begum (detail)
Aras Khan
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Aras Khan, also Aras Khan Rumlu was a member of the Rumlu tribe of Turkomen Qızılbash nomads, and Safavid Empire Beylerbey of Shirvan.
Aras Khan on horse in the Siege of Shamakhi, 9-11 November 1578. Secaatname (1586)
Aras Khan Rumlu captured by a Crimean Khanate warrior of Adil Giray, in November 1578. Şeca'atname (1586)
Decapitation of Aras Khan, on order of Adil Giray in 1578. Şahanşahname, 1581
Decapitation of Aras Khan, next to a tower of skulls. Şeca'atname (1586)