History and Literature Interwoven yet Distinct: The Paşanāme, a Seventeenth-century Ottoman Turkish Mesnevī on Conflicts in Rumelia and the Northern Black Sea Region
Journal: TSpace
Year: 2020

The Paşanāme is a 2180-couplet Ottoman Turkish mes̠nevī that, in my assessment, represents the continuation of the ġazānāme genre in evolved form during the first half of the seventeenth century. The work is by Ṭulūʿī, an Ottoman court poet patronized by Murād IV (r. 1623–40). It primarily consists of accounts of two campaigns led by the vizier Kenʿān Paşa. Kenʿān Paşa was appointed in the 1620s first on an expedition to restore imperial authority in parts of Rumelia, and later to campaign in th