Neşri’s Cihannüma

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Neşri’s Cihannüma is a late 15th-century Ottoman historical and geographical chronicle that provides one of the earliest detailed narrative accounts of the origins and early history of the Ottoman dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman chronicle
geographical chronicle
historical chronicle
associatedWith early Ottoman narrative tradition
audience Ottoman learned elite
author Neşri NERFINISHED
century 15th century
chronologicalScope from the origins of the Ottomans to the late 15th century
countryOfOrigin Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
culturalContext late 15th-century Ottoman intellectual milieu
dateWritten late 15th century
field geography
history
focusesOn formation of the Ottoman polity
genealogy of the Ottoman rulers
military campaigns of early Ottoman sultans
genre chronicle
historiography
historicalMethod compilation of earlier traditions and sources
historicalPeriodCovered early Ottoman period
historicalValue primary source for early Ottoman traditions
includes geographical descriptions
historical narratives
influenced later Ottoman chronicles of early Ottoman history
language Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED
literaryForm prose
mainSubject early Ottoman history
geography of the Ottoman realms
history of the Ottoman dynasty
origins of the Ottoman state
medium manuscript
perspective Ottoman court-centered view of early Ottoman expansion
provides detailed narrative account of the early history of the Ottoman dynasty
detailed narrative account of the origins of the Ottoman dynasty
regionDescribed Anatolia NERFINISHED
Rumelia NERFINISHED
significance important source for the study of the origins of the Ottoman dynasty
one of the earliest detailed narrative sources for early Ottoman history
tradition Ottoman historiography
typeOfWork narrative history
usedAsSourceBy modern historians of the Ottoman Empire

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Kayı tribe documentedIn Neşri’s Cihannüma