Shahnama-yi Al-i Osman

The Shahnama-yi Al-i Osman (or Shahnameh-ye Al-e Osman; "Book of Kings of the House of Osman") is a 1558 Ottoman work of universal and Islamic history written in Persian.

[1] It was written in five volumes by Fethullah Arif (died c. 1561-1562), an Ottoman writer and court eulogist, for his patron Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520–1566).

[2] The literary and to a lesser extent visual agenda of Arif's work imitated Ferdowsi's classic portrayal of Iranian legendary history as shown in his Shahnameh ("Book of Kings")," as is clear from the title.

[3] Indeed, Arif explicitly showed his model—Ferdowsi's work—by selecting the title Shahnama-yi Al-i Osman.

[4] The calligraphers of the work hailed from Shiraz, Shirvan and Herat and were experts in the Nastaliq script.