Nusretname
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The Nusretname or Nusratnama was an Ottoman account of the campaigns of Lala Mustafa Pasha in the Caucasus, Georgia and Shirvan in 1578–1580, at the onset of the Ottoman–Safavid War. The first copy wa
Construction works at the castle of Kars, Nusretname (1582), British Library Add. 22011, f.198v
Ottoman army at Tiflis in the autumn of 1578. Nusretname ff.81v-82r
Nusretname (1582) f.98
Lala Mustafa Pasha in camp after his victory at Kars. Nusretname f.199r
Asafi
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Asafi, also Asafi Pasha, is the penname of Dal Mehmed Çelebi, author of the Book of Valor or Book of Bravery, an illustrated record of the exploits of the Ottoman statesman and general Özdemiroǧlu Osm
Asafi Pasha fighting the Safavid Aras Khan in 1578. Şeca'atname
Asafi Pasha fighting a Safavid soldier when he was captured in 1581
The author, Dal Mehmed Çelebi Asafi, imprisoned in 1581 at the Safavid court of Mohammad Khodabanda
Asafi nearing execution by the Safavids