A Review of the Persian Poetry and Chronograms of Selaniki’s History

Selaniki’s History is written by one of the famous Ottoman historians, Selaniki Mustafa Efendi. The author wrote the events of the year of 971-1008 AH/ 1563- 1600 AD on the basis of personal observations as well as official government documents. This work has valuable information about various subjects, including a series of events in Iran, Ottoman, and European. Apart from historical significance, the industrial history is also valuable in terms of Persian language and literature. Because, the author sometimes uses Persian terms and expressions in the subject matter, and more importantly, in the place of the book alongside the Turkish poems, they also use Persian poems to express their meaning. Throughout his work, he often uses Turkish and Persian chronograms for recording history of events. The utilization of Persian poetry and chronograms during the writing of history suggests his acquaintance with Persian language and literature. The present research is based on this question: What is the presence of Persian poetry and chronograms in Selaniki’s History, which is a work in Turkish?