Sunday, October 5, 2025

Ahmed 'Ata Tayyarzade (Walters MS 661) - Ottoman horses

 Salvete Omnes,



The Walters Art Museum has a late (XIX century)  Ottoman manuscript on the training and care of warhorses (Tuhfat ül-farisin fi ahval-i huyul il-mucahidin), in the tradition of the Islamic furusiyya manuals. 








According to the museum it was authored by  Aḥmed ʿAṭā Ṭayyārzāde, 





it was dedicated to the sultan Abdulmecid I (1823-1861) and

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enjoy

Valete

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