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. “Mulk” is the seventh chapter of the Koran, named after its first verse, which points to
God’s ownership of and power over all created. It is also one of the two chapters in the Koran
that was recited by Prophet Muhammad every night according to a prophetic tradition verified
by a chain of narrators. See Yaşaroğlu, “Mülk Suresi.” Reading “Mulk,” especially on religious
occasions and during life-changing events, is still a tradition observed in Turkey.
. Karamani must have been past his fifties, while his bride was scarcely fifteen, for she was
still alive according to an endowment deed dated 1566. Ebussuud waqfiya [endowment deed],
Register 633/286, no. 101, Archives of the General Directorate of Endowments, Ankara, Turkey.
. “Fatih Sultan MehmedɆe Şeyh Çoban b. Ali Aka, Akkoyunlu Halil b. Hasan, Ahi Karaca
Bey, Akşemseddin, Iskender Paşa ve Şehzade BayezidɆin gönderdiği mektuplar” [Letters sent
to Mehmed the Conqueror by Şeyh Çoban b. Ali Aka, Akkoyunlu Halil b. Hasan, Ahi Karaca
Bey, Akşemseddin, Iskender Pasha and Prince Bayezid], ca. December 1480, E.8335, Topkapı
Palace Museum Archives, Istanbul.
. Z i n k e i s e n , Geschichte des osmanischen Reiches in Europa, etc., 2:495.
. Mecdî Mehmed Efendi, HadaikuɆş-Şakaik, 350.
. “Fatih Sultan Mehmed için Seydi HalvetiɆnin gördüğü rüya” [Seydi Halveti’s dream
about Mehmed the Conqueror], ca. May 1481, E.6451, Topkapı Palace Museum Archives,
Istanbul.
. Ibid.