The structure of form in miniatures of Tavaqib ol-Manaqib’s manuscript, In Baghdad painting school, 16th century

Abstract

"Tavaqib ol-Manaqib" is the biography of the mystics and the Sufis especially Mevlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi with a little exaggerated. This literary masterpiece was summarized by Ahmad-ibn-Mohammad and the next time by Abdulwahab-ibn-Jalaluddin-Mohammad-Hamedani in 947 A.H and it was translated into Turkish by the order of Sultan Murad of Ottoman Empire in 998 A.H. The focus of this study is on the illustrated version of "Savaghebol Monagheb" book in Morgan's New York library; produced during the rule of the Ottoman kings (the late tenth and early eleven century A.H) and introduced one of the masterpiece of Baghdad miniature school of the tenth century. Therefore, the edition feature of the form, are analyzed to identify the achievements of Baghdad Miniature School in the tenth century A.H. The question is that, what kind of miniature formality is in the "Tavaqib ol-Manaqib" as the chosen Baghdad miniature school? The overall result of the miniature analysis form of "Tavaqib ol-Manaqib" show that Baghdad miniature has been depicted in a coherent miniature feature. The study of this research in terms of the fundamental nature of the methodology, is an analytic-historical one.

Keywords

• baghdad painting school
• miniature
• tavaqib ol-manaqib
• structure of form