Original scientific paper
Nikola VII Zrinski in the Autograph of Evliya Çelebi’s Travelogue
Anđelko Vlašić
; Faculty of humanities and social sciences at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
The autograph, i.e., the original manuscript of the Travelogue of the Ottoman travel writer Evliya Çelebi (1611 – 1685 or later) contains numerous fragments that are not found in the previously published editions of the travel writer’s work. Thus, in the autograph of the Travelogue, one can find a large number of previously unknown information that Evliya presents about Nikola VII Zrinski, i.e., about his character and activities, about the properties of the Zrinski family, about the respect that the Ottomans had for the Zrinski family, etc. The paper compares new information from the autograph with previously known information from sources and literature and presents new conclusions. Special attention is paid to Evliya’s hints that certain representatives of the Zrinski family aspired to the royal crown, i.e., to political power in Croatia and Hungary.
Keywords
Nikola VII Zrinski; Evliya Çelebi; autograph of Evliya Çelebi's Travelogue; Međimurje; Ottoman Empire
Hrčak ID:
320062
URI
Publication date:
14.12.2023.
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