Title

Historiae Mvsvlmanae Tvrcorum

Full title

Historiae / Mvsvlmanae / Tvrcorvm, De Mo- / Nvmentis ipsorvm / Excriptae, Libri XVIII. / Opus Jo. Levnclavii Amelburni, lectu dignissimum quod / gentis originem, progressus, familias & principatus diuersos, res / Osmaneas a Suleimane Schacho, ad Suleimanem 11 memoriae nostrae, / cum aliis maxime raris, & hactenus ignotis, continet.

Short Title

Historiae Musulmanae

Title in English

Islamic History of the Turks in 18 Books, Written in the Basis of Their Own Sources

Printer

Andreae Wecheli

Released place

Frankfurt am Main

Released date

1591

Author

Johannes Leunclavius

Language

176

Qur'an

Qur'an structure

Suras

Pages

527

Further notes

Sources

Leunclavius uses Greek sources for his history (e.g. Laonicus Chalkokondyles, Nicephorus Gregoras, Georgios Pachymeres), but also Turkish sources in Italian or Latin translation which he acquired from his diplomatic connections. The Turkish sources are: 1) Codex Verantius, given to Leunclavius by Faustus Verantius; this chronicle belonged to Faustus' uncle, Antonius Verantius, and it consists in the longer version of Molla Celebi's work; and 2) Codex Hanivaldus, which was comissioned by the secretary of the Habsburg ambassador in Istanbul, Philip Hanivald von Eckersdorf, and then offered to Leunclavius; this codex was produced by Murad Bey, the Grand Ottoman Dragoman of Hungarian origins.

Arabic Type

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references:

Almut Höfert, "Hans Löwenklau," Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History, Vol. 7, ed. by David Thomas (Leiden / Boston: Brill), 481-488.

Individuals

Descriptive card

This is Leunclavius' second work on the Ottomans, which is a historical work on the Ottoman Empire, divided into 18 books. Leunclavius begins with the first centuries of Islam, but he quickly turns towards the Ottomans, whose history he tells chronologically according to the reigns of the sultans.

Entry author

Octavian Negoita