مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Miniatures that Reflect the Time Previous to the Doom’s Day in Ahvâl-ı Kıyamet Manuscripts

Abstract :

It is possible to see a rise in descriptions of apocalyptic signs in certain periods, and miniatures about apocalypse that is made by muralists in Ottoman Empire. The biggest reason is that there have been rumors about resurrection which will break in 1000 years of hegira. Ahvâl-ı Kıyâmet manuscripts, that evaluates the signs of doomsday and the life after apocalypse as a whole, is important in terms of reflecting the description of doomsday in such a period.First of all, Ahvâl-ı Kıyâmet was written in poetical form in 13th century and found place ıtself in a period that Ottoman society was interested in the idea of doomsday intentionally.Ahvâl-ı Kıyâmet differs from the other works due to ıts stylistic features among a lot of manuscripts that were written about signs of doomsday in the same period. The miniatures of this manuscript reflected the ideas of society about before and after doomsday in scenes effectively and dramatically. The place of doomsday and signs of pre-apocalyptic in social dynamics and their reflection styles to miniatures are primary research interest evaluated and underlined in this study.