Located in the library of Topkapı Place Museum, B.200 inventorynumber Şehinşehname İn tome 2. Mniatures Composition Layout

The second volume of the Şehinşehname which was written by Seyyid Lokman b. Hüseyin el-Aşüri el-Urmevi in 1592,dealt with historical events, wars, and the circumcision feast.There are 95 illustrations in the manuscript.It is not known exactly by whom the illustrated pages of the work were made. However, in some sources, comments were made that the manuscript was illustrated by Miniature Artist (Miniaturist) Osman and his team.In this context, the compositional order of the paintings, which deal with different subjects, is important in terms of determining the artist's behaviors and comparing them with different examples.In the thesis study, it is aimed at examining the compositional arrangements of the paintings which are in the second volume of the Şehinşehname.