Translation of the History of the New World (Tarjuma-ye ta'rikh-e yangi dunya), by Ahizade `Ali Celebi

Title:: Translation of the History of the New World (Tarjuma-ye ta'rikh-e yangi dunya), by Ahizade `Ali Celebi

Description:: Translation of the History of the New World (Tarjuma-ye ta'rikh-e yangi dunya), by Ahizade `Ali Celebi. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 145 folios, Persian text in naskh script with headings in red nasta`liq, illuminated heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v), six paintings (fols. 36r, 40v, 41r, 143r, 147v, 148r), Translation of the History of the New World (Tarjuma-ye ta'rikh-e yangi dunya), Persian translation attributed to Ahizade `Ali Celebi, from original Turkish (chapter 3 only) History of the West Indies (Ta'rih-i Hind-i Garbi) or New Report (Hadis-i nev), by Mehmed ibn Hasan al-Su`udi (d. 1591), composed for Ottoman sultan Murad III in 1583, based on Historia general de las Indias by Francisco Lopez de Gomara (d. 1566) and other Spanish sources and Italian translations, unsigned, possibly Deccan, India, undated, c. 1600-1700. A further six folios with paintings are now detached (Chester Beatty T 560.18, .53, .58, .79, .129, .144).

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