A Timurid Ambassador in Hıtay and on 15th Century: Gıyaseddin Nakkaş’s Hıtay Observations Cover Image

15. Yüzyilda Hitay’da Bir Timurlu Sefir: Giyaseddin Nakkaş’in Hitay Gözlemleri
A Timurid Ambassador in Hıtay and on 15th Century: Gıyaseddin Nakkaş’s Hıtay Observations

Author(s): Betül Mutlu
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Social history, Culture and social structure , 15th Century
Published by: Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi
Keywords: Hıtay Sefaretnamesi; ambassador; travel book; Timurid-Ming contacts;

Summary/Abstract: Hıtay Sefaretnamesi is our oldest known travel book written by Hoca Gıyaseddin Nakkaş in Persian in 1422 and transleted into Ottoman Turkish in 1728 by Küçükçelebizade İsmail Asım. Mirza Baysungur of the Timurid Mirza’s was commissioned as an envoy Hoca Gıyaseddin Nakkaş , while performing the embassy official duty, has not only satisfied with the physical observations but also dealt with social and cultural structure of Hıtay society and transferred them to his prepared report in detail. İn this regard Hıtay Sefaretnamesi can not be ignored as a source is important in the 15th century research as well as being our first travel book. The present paper analyses the narration and observation notes of the Hıtay Sefaretnamesi.

  • Issue Year: 17/2011
  • Issue No: 67
  • Page Range: 125-136
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish