THE CONTRUBUTION OF AN IRANIAN LITERARY MAN TO THE IMPERIAL IMAGE OF THE MEHMED THE CONQUEROR: MAWLāNā RIYāZī-I SAMARQANDī

It is well known that after the conquest of Istanbul, Mehmed the Conqueror’s pervasive reputation in Islamic realm, paved the way for the influx of many scholars, encomiasts and craftsman from Iran to Ottoman palace. Among them shāhnāma-writers or encomiasts such as Ma’ālī, Kāshifī, Hamīdī and Qabūlī, proved that they were prolific servants through their shāhnāmas and panegyrics. Although the less known Riyāzī-i Samarqandī, did not write a book like his contemporaries Ma’ālī and Kāshifī in shāhnāma genre, he tried to construct an image for his patron Mehmed the Conqueror by means of his Persian epistle. In this article, I will try to investigate an unknown encomiast of Mehmed the Conqueror and his attempts to construct an image for his generous patron. Cite this article as: Gen？, Vural, “Fatih’in Emperyal ？maj？na Bir Acem’in Katk？s？: Riyaz？-i Semerkand？ e”, Turk J Hist say？ 69 (2019), s.37-50