Fath-namah by the Ottoman Sultan Murad II
| Date | Jumada II 848 / 15.9.1444 - 13.10.1444 |
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| Content | Sultan Murad II reports his victory against the unbelievers (battle of Varna) to an anonymous ruler. | |
| Type | fath-namah | |
| Category | Letters and Correspondence | |
| Script | shikastah-nasta'liq | |
| Archive | Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi Arşivi (İstanbul) | |
| Publication | Fekete, Lajos, and György Hazai, eds. Einführung in die persische Paläographie: 101 Dokumente. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1977. 89-101, Tafel 13-17 | |
| Keywords | military | Ottoman Empire | |
| Individuals | Murad II, Sultan | |
| Places | Varna | |
| Notes | The document is incomplete because the glue which held the several paperstrips together was getting loose with time, therefore, the first and last strips are missing. | |
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PDF (6 pages, 1.1 MB) |
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