The Fathnama on the Reconquest of Morea Prepared by Ottomans (1715)

DOI: 10.26650/TurkJHist.2018. 369193 A fathnama–an important source for Turkic-Islamic literature and history–is the generic name of letters and imperial firmans giving information about the victories against enemies and newly conquered lands. Apart from its literary aspects, a fathnama can also be used as a historical source. The fathnama by Rashid Mehmed Effendi, examined in this article, was prepared in order to give information about the conquest of Morea in 1715 and dispatched to the ruler of Iran, Shah Hussain. A copy of the work published here is accessible from the Namah-？ Humayun Record, no. 6, in the Ottoman Archive of the Prime Ministry