# Zafername

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The ***Zafername*** ("Book of Victories") or ***Tarih-i Sultan Süleyman*** ("History of Sultan Süleyman"), from the [Chester Beatty Library](/source/Chester_Beatty_Library), Dublin (DCB No.413), is one of the most characteristic examples of [Ottoman miniature](/source/Ottoman_miniature) art, produced in the second half of the 16th century during the last years of the reign of [Suleiman I](/source/Suleiman_the_Magnificent). The creator of the manuscript was [Seyyid Lokman](/source/Seyyid_Lokman), court-appointed *Sahnameci*, with illustrations being made by various selected painters working in the imperial studio. The most significant painter was [Nakkaş Osman](/source/Nakka%C5%9F_Osman), mostly active in 1570–90, who essentially defined Turkish miniature art during the classical period. These manuscripts were written in Persian and in verse.[1]

Lokman created *Sahnames*, chronicles of contemporary historical events. The first major work by Lokman was the *Zafername*, completed in 1579.[1]

## References

1. Roxburgh 2005, p. 269.

## Sources

- Roxburgh, David J. (2005). *Turks: a journey of a thousand years, 600-1600*. London : New York: Royal Academy of Arts ; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Harry N. Abrams. p. 269. ISBN 978-1903973578.

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