The Battle Of Varna And Gazavatnames As Historical Sources (Upon A Recent Publication Regarding The Battle Of Varna)

Recently, an important book was published by Colin Imber about 1443-1444 Crisis, one of the critical turning points the Ottoman State faced in its founding era, and the Battle of Varna, which brought the crisis to an end. When we examined the book, however, we noticed that two crucially important sources about that war had not been taken into account. These sources are Ghazavat-ı Sultan Murad by Zaifi and Gazaname-i Rum by Kaşifi. In this article our aim is to display the importance of these sources in relation to the era and the war by comparing the text that was used as a source in Colin Imber’s book, Anonymous Ghazavat-ı Sultan Murad b. Mehemmed Han, with the ones we have mentioned above.

Keywords

Ghazavatnamah, Battle of Varna, Zaifi, Kaşifi, Hungary, Colin Imber.